Hypertension and Covid-19

Researchers decided to look at the 5,700 patient records of those infected with Covid-19 between March 1 and April 4 to see if there were any common demographics among them. They found that over half of the patients with severe cases had hypertension, which is high blood pressure. Additionally, less than half were obese and a third had diabetes. Hypertension, obesity and diabetes are all known risk factors for covid-19, but they also found that asthma doesn't seem to have as much of a role in outcomes as it seemed to. Since hypertension exacerbated the virus in the majority of patients, professionals are now recommending that people with this condition talk to their doctor as soon as they become symptomatic or exposed to the virus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-ventilators-survival/