(WENY) -- Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new COVID-19 report, that depicts how many Americans who have died from COVID-19, also had contributing conditions. 

According to the report, only 6 percent of deaths have COVID-19 as the only cause mentioned. This reveals that 94 percent of Americans who died from COVID-19, also had other health conditions and contributing causes.

"They're saying that individuals who are basically dying from COVID-19 are a smaller percentage, then was once thought. But its solely of COVID-19, which is listed as the cause of death," says Dr. Justin Nistico, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Arnot Health.

Dr. Nistico says, what that means is its not to say that it didn't impact the factors of those who had other issues, like diabetes, lung disease or any other comorbidities. However, it is to say that those who didn't have those conditions who died from COVID-19 are very small, compared to the big pool of people who do have COVID-19. 

"There are a lot of people out there that have other issues, like they have diabetes, they have lung disease, they have heart disease. Those people make up a large majority of those that were critically ill when sick," says Dr. Nistico. 

Dr. Nistico says if someone dies with any of those medical conditions, they're listing this as the reason for death sometimes.

"Its just to say that, just based upon statistics they can't attribute the entirety of someones life or cause of death to COVID-19," says Dr. Nistico. 

Dr. Nistico says Americans still need to take COVID-19 seriously.

Dr. Nistico added, "I think a lot of people who have gotten sick with COVID-19, a lot of them have other medical problems, but if you didn't get sick with COVID-19, its not to say that you would've have disability or death." 

Dr. Nistico says there is no good explanation as to why some people have a severe case of infection compared to others. But what we can rely on, is that some people who have other medical conditions might have a harder time fighting COVID-19. Nistico says it is critical that we still continue to wear our face masks, socially distance and wash our hands to prevent the virus from spreading.