Coronavirus: Researchers identify six different types of COVID-19

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Symptoms developed within the first week of the onset of a COVID-19 infection can determine the likelihood of a patient requiring serious medical attention by the end of week two, according to researchers at Kings College in London. The new study, which wasnt peer-reviewed but was replicated in an independent data set, could help doctors identify the patients who require care and treat them earlier, possibly saving lives.  It showed a wide variety of outcomes and symptoms, some of which hadnt previously been strongly connected to COVID-19. These findings have important implications for care and monitoring of people who are most vulnerable to severe COVID-19, Dr.  Claire Steves, of Kings College, said in a release.  If you can predict who these people are at day five, you have time to give them support and early interventions  simple care that could be given at home, preventing hospitalizations and saving lives. There were six distinct types of the virus that appeared in different clusters of symptoms in patients by the fifth day symptoms set in, according to an analysis of about 1,600 patients in the U. S.  and U. K.  who logged their symptoms during March and April.  Most COVID-19 patients who require breathing support first visit a hospital around the 13th day after their first symptoms, researchers said, potentially shaving eight days off the typical timeline before medical intervention. The six clusters can be broken down into two groups: three clusters of less severe symptoms  more prevalent in younger and healthier patients  and three clusters defined as severe symptoms, which were more likely to come in patients who were older or had preexisting conditions. The researchers break them down as such, in order of severity with their key distinctions in bold:The first group made up the largest share of participants, with a sample of 462, while there were 315 in the second group, 216 in the third, 280 in