Cancer patients with COVID at higher risk of death, hospitalization amid Omicron -Study from Israel finds

"Our study showed that during the Omicron-dominant period, patients with solid cancer and COVID-19 had higher mortality and hospitalization risks following COVID-19 infection vs patients without solid cancer with COVID-19, and that COVID-19 vaccination in the patients with cancer mitigated this risk."

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Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cancer-patients-covid-higher-risk-death-hospitalization-amid-omicron

Cancer patients with COVID at higher risk of death, hospitalization amid Omicron

The 30-day death rate after COVID-19 diagnosis was twice as high in the cancer group than in controls.