LONDON - Nearly a third of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.K. were readmitted within a period of four months, and they suffered from multi-organ dysfunction at higher rates overall than the general population without COVID-19, according to new research.A study published March 31 in the British Medical Journal followed 47,780 people hospitalized with the virus in England and discharged by Aug.
21, 2020. The average age was 65, made up of 55% men and 45% women.Researchers found that of this group, 14,060 people — nearly 30% — were readmitted to the hospital within a period of 140 days after being discharged.