COVID-19 Severity and COVID-19-Associated Deaths Among Hospitalized Patients with HIV Infection - Zambia, March-December 2020

Published on June 3, 2021

This report describes how HIV-positive patients with severe HIV disease were more likely to develop severe COVID-19 or die of COVID-19.

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World Health Assembly 74th : Watch recordings

June 2, 2021
The 74th  World Health Assembly commenced on 24 May 2021 and concluded its sessions on 31 May 2021. Recordings are now available

EARLY RELEASE: Hospitalization of Adolescents Aged 12-17 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020-April 24, 2021

June 4, 2021
COVID-19 adolescent hospitalization rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 in early January 2021, declined to 0.6 in mid-March, and rose to 1.3 in April. Among hospitalized adolescents, nearly one-third required intensive care unit admission and 5% required invasive mechanical ventilation, but no associated deaths occurred.