If someone has high blood pressure, they have two times the risk of dying from COVID-19 if they become sick, a new study shows. .

"Soon after we started to treat Covid-19 patients in early February in Wuhan, we noticed that nearly half of the patients who died had high blood pressure, which was a much higher percentage compared to those with only mild Covid-19 symptoms," researcher Ling Tao said in a statement.

While it had been documented already that patients with high blood pressure would likely experience more serious symptoms, this study documented the severity of the risk. .

About 30% of them had high blood pressure.

While 1.1% of patients with normal blood pressure died from the virus, 4% with high blood pressure died from COVID-19, the researchers found.

“It is important that patients with high blood pressure realize that they are at increased risk of dying from Covid-19.

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