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Symptom tracker app reveals six distinct types of COVID-19 infection – Gulf News

Findings could help doctors to predict which COVID-19 patients are most at risk

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London: British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms.
A King’s College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection, and with the likelihood of a patient needing help with breathing – such as oxygen or ventilator treatment – if they are hospitalised.
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