Many studies and articles have been published identifying the link between COVID-19 and diabetes in relation to deaths and even the discovery that diabetes can be triggered by the virus.
Data from France on COVID-19 patients with diabetes has indicated that one in five die within 28 days of hospital admission.
This was the updated result from a study of nearly 3,000 people from across France with the mean age of 70 and body mass index suggesting they were overweight.
Last year, preliminary data from the CORONADO (Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Diabetes Outcomes) study suggested one in ten patients with diabetes and COVID-19 died within seven days of admission.
Patients whose diabetes was regularly treated with insulin – possibly indicating more advanced diabetes – were at a 44 percent increased risk of death, compared with those not treated with insulin. More detail can be found here: