COVID-19 Severity in Different Group of Population: A Review Article

Abstract

COVID-19 is a new virus first appear in Wuhan city and belongs to coronoviridae family with close similarity to severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS-CoV) appearing in 2003.  the disease severity differs from mild self-control symptoms as fever, malaise, and sore throat to severe diseases as respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac injury, and even death. the virus has high incidence rate and high prevalence around the world especially. until now there is no definite proven therapy, so the prevention strategy is the solution.

Method: This paper provides information on COVID-19 progress in different group of population with focusing on population at risk COVID-19 complication and mortality and extracting the most common feature shared between them to predict the probable mechanism of pathogenesis.