Asthma, obesity and diabetes are among the several health conditions young people were living with before they died while infected with Covid in NSW.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant revealed a coroner had reviewed the deaths of 28 people who had died with Covid over the past week.
The people were aged under 65 and had died while infected with the virus between January 15 and 21.
Some 24 of them were living with health conditions that ranged from mild, everyday ailments to life-threatening illnesses.
Asthma, obesity and diabetes are among the several health conditions young people were living with before they died while infected with Covid in NSW (pictured, Sydneysiders running at Centennial Park)
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant revealed the deaths of 28 people who had died with Covid over the past week had been reviewed by the coroner
Ten had significant heart or valvular disease, six had chronic lung disease, six were living with kidney disease, two with significant rheumatological diseases and three with autoimmune diseases.
In a shocking twist, a large portion of patients were living with less debilitating conditions with six suffering from obesity, two living with asthma and seven with diabetes.
Dr Chant revealed 13 of the victims were not vaccinated with just one person receiving their first dose.
'So this illustrates that while over 90 per cent of the population and all of the aged cohorts have received two doses, almost half of the
