The team from Chellaram Diabetes Institute interviews Dr Ambrish Mithal on how Diabetes and COVID related hospitalization are interlinked In early 2020, when cases of COVID-19 started rising throughout the world, people with co-morbidities such as Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and kidney disease were more likely to face adverse outcomes as compared to those who did not have these conditions. The adverse outcomes of COVID in China, Europe and the U.S., were linked to these comorbidities. COVID-19 in India India has one of the highest numbers of people with Diabetes in the world and this number continues to rise.
The urban areas of India, in particular the metropolitan cities, have a higher prevalence of Diabetes than the rural areas. COVID has impacted urban metropolitan areas much more than rural areas, explaining in part the occurrence of COVID in people with Diabetes.…
