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Being one of the largest countries, more research and understanding is needed to overcome the rapid spread and adversities in this ongoing pandemic.

1, 2Īn understanding of the factors with profound impacts on the pandemic is crucial for controlling the pandemic and factors associated with the pandemic must be considered when making public policy and medical decisions.

Many studies have found that the ABO blood group plays an important role in various human diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological, and some infectious and non-infectious diseases. The ABO blood group is the most important blood group system in humans. Making the identification and prioritization of individuals at higher risk remains a critical challenge. It has hit some people harder than others, with some people experiencing only mild symptoms and others being hospitalized and requiring ventilation. The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched the existing healthcare and tested our resources. The severity of COVID-19 infection was most common in patients with O positive blood group (37.4%).Ĭonclusion: COVID-19 infection was more common in males and more prevalent in B and O-positive blood groups. Most of the patients susceptible to COVID belonged to B positive blood group (33.01%) followed by O positive (32.06%). Results: A total of 209 COVID positive patients were included in this present study. The ABO/Rh blood groups of these patients were determined by the gel card method.

Cases were categorized as mild, moderate and severe as per the protocol. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 209 COVID-19-confirmed patients admitted for their management. The present study was conducted to study the association of ABO and Rh blood groups with COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Background : The rapid global spread of the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2 has strained the existing healthcare and tested our resources.