Study links COVID with death due to cardiovascular blood clots: Know details

Now that we know COVID is a bigger risk factor, there are several other factors too that increase the risk of venous thromboembolism. Older age, obesity, cancer, surgery, immobilization and hospitalization are the triggers.

Apart from these factors, people whose blood is thicker than normal are more likely to develop blood clots because their bone marrow produces too many blood cells.