< i > The Lancet Respiratory Medicine < /i > : COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza, comparison of data from over 130,000 hospitalised patients confirms

(The Lancet) Nearly twice as many people were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic than were for influenza at the peak of the 2018/2019 flu season, a study of French national data published today inThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal has found (COVID-19, 89,530 patients vs influenza, 45,819 patients).
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