1 in 3 Arizonans are at risk for kidney disease and COVID-19 has made things worse

1 in 3 Arizonans are at risk for kidney disease and COVID-19 has made things worse
The National Kidney Foundation of Arizona is seeing more people in need of help as coronavirus worsens things for kidney patients.
and last updated 2021-03-10 14:29:18-05
PHOENIX — If there is one thing coronavirus has done, it has brought health issues to light.
"Sadly the mortality rate, if you are hospitalized by COVID and have kidney disease, is significantly higher,” says Chief Executive Officer of the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, Leslie Azurdia McReynolds.
Vulnerable and at high risk for getting sick or even dying from coronavirus, 63-year-old Filiberto Herrera shares his story of how he got infected with COVID-19. He says he was very careful in 2020 and never even attended a family gathering. But on Jan. 9, he decided it would be OK to attend his daughter’s birthday party -- and that’s when he got COVID-19.

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