People with schizophrenia have an almost three times greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than people without the mental disorder, a new study finds, even after accounting for higher rates of heart disease, diabetes, and smoking. Schizophrenia ranks second — after age — in the odds of dying after Covid-19 infection.
People with mood or anxiety disorders had no increased risk of death from coronavirus infection in the cohort study of more than 7,300 patients treated in New York last spring.
Study: Schizophrenia increases risk of dying from COVID-19