People who have dementia are at much higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, but no more likely to die from it than those without cognitive impairment, new research suggests.
The study, which is being presented next week at the American Stroke Association’s virtual International Stroke Conference, found people with any type of cognitive impairment were 51% more likely to get infected. Their risk of dying, however, was no higher than it was for their peers whose brains were unimpaired.
“We found no additional mortality risk other than what you might find due to other underlying health conditions,” said lead researcher Alan Pan, a data scientist at the Center for Outcomes Research at…
