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Updated March 31st, 2020 at 12:56 IST

Detroit becomes a hot spot for coronavirus cases

A health expert says Detroit has become a hot spot for coronavirus cases due to a series of factors that include the city's high poverty rate as well as residents' lack of access to healthy food and medical care.

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A health expert says Detroit has become a hot spot for coronavirus cases due to a series of factors that include the city's high poverty rate as well as residents' lack of access to healthy food and medical care.

"When you combine all these factors together, it's really a formula for creating a population that's really primed to be at high risk for a disease like this," said Dr. Paul Kilgore, a professor at Wayne State University's Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences.

Kilgore's comments match those of the U.S. surgeon general, who said on Friday that the situation in Detroit will worsen this week.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

 

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Published March 31st, 2020 at 12:56 IST

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