Who are the people at highest risk from COVID-19?

By Damon Cronshaw
Updated April 14 2020 - 3:08pm, first published 5:00am
Awareness: Merewether's Ros Brown is among the thousands of Hunter residents who face a higher risk from COVID-19. Picture: Marina Neil
Awareness: Merewether's Ros Brown is among the thousands of Hunter residents who face a higher risk from COVID-19. Picture: Marina Neil

Thousands of people in the Hunter Region who have cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and diabetes face a higher risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19, research shows.

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