Findings from a U.S. electronic health record study of chronic liver disease (CLD) and COVID-19:

• COVID-19 diagnosis odds were highest for patients with chronic non-alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic cirrhosis, followed by chronic Hepatitis C, alcoholic liver damage, alcoholic cirrhosis, and chronic Hepatitis B.
• Among 16,530 adult COVID-19 patients, the hospitalization rate was 24.3% higher for African Americans than for Caucasians.
• Among 390 patients with COVID-19 and a recent CLD encounter, 41.0% were hospitalized and 10.3% died.
• Death and hospitalization rates were higher for African Americans than for Caucasians, and higher for patients with both CLD and COVID-19 than for patients with COVID-19 but no CLD.