Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 4, 2021

COVID-19 Outcomes Among Persons Living With or Without Diagnosed HIV Infection in New York State

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COVID-19 related outcomes were worse among persons living with diagnosed HIV than those without HIV in New York State between March to June 2020, according to population-level comparisons using matched data from HIV surveillance, COVID-19 laboratory-confirmed diagnoses, and hospitalization databases. Though persons living with and without diagnosed HIV had similar COVID-19 diagnosis rates, among persons diagnosed with COVID-19, those living with diagnosed HIV were 1.5-times as likely to be hospitalized and 1.3-times as likely to die. Among persons living with diagnosed HIV (n=2,988), individuals who identified as Black and Hispanic were 1.6- and 2.1-times as likely to receive a COVID-19 diagnosis than white individuals, but risk of hospitalization and death were similar once diagnosed. Relative to HIV stage 1, hospitalization risk increased by 1.3-fold and 1.7-fold with disease progression to stage 2 and stage 3.

Tesoriero et al. (Feb 1, 2021). COVID-19 Outcomes Among Persons Living With or Without Diagnosed HIV Infection in New York State. JAMA Network Open. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2775827