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Here, we investigated the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with solid and hematological cancers and concomitant Covid\u201019 at a Comprehensive Cancer Center in a Covid\u201019 hotspot area in Germany.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We performed a retrospective single center cohort study of 39 patients with hematological and solid cancers who were hospitalized at the University Hospital Freiburg for Covid\u201019. Using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models we compared time to severe events and overall survival to an age\u2010matched control cohort of 39 patients with confirmed Covid\u201019 without a cancer diagnosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the cancer cohort 29 patients had a diagnosis of a solid tumor, and 10 had a hematological malignancy. In total, eight patients (21%) in the cancer and 14 patients (36%) from the noncancer cohort died during the observation period. Presence of a malignancy was not significantly associated with survival or time to occurrence of severe events. Major influences on mortality were high IL\u20106 levels at Covid\u201019 diagnosis (HR\u00a0=\u00a06.95, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.0121) and age\u00a0\u2265\u00a065\u00a0years (HR\u00a0=\u00a06.22, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.0156).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared to an age\u2010matched noncancer cohort, we did not observe an association between a cancer diagnosis and a more severe disease course or higher fatality rate in patients with Covid\u201019. Patients with a hematological malignancy showed a trend towards a longer duration until clinical improvement and longer hospitalization time compared to patients with a solid cancer. 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