COVID-19 and Diabetes

Patients with Diabetes are more prone to get symptomatic COVD-19 infection. Patients with Diabetes are also 3 times more likely to have severe Covid-19 as compared to patients without Diabetes. Patients with previous good glucose control is likely to have a severe COVID-19 infection. 


https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2020/12/01/dc20-2260




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