Immigrants to Denmark hospitalized with COVID-19 appear less likely to die than Danish-born residents

Immigrants to Denmark and their descendants hospitalized with COVID-19 are 46% less likely to die from COVID-19 than Danish-born residents, according to a year-long nationwide study investigating COVID-related death and use of mechanical ventilation in all adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in Denmark between February 2020 and March 2021, to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April).