Some patients recover fast, but some are gravely affected
The medical system will be overwhelmed. All over the world. Unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak demands science and media to communicate the proper and timely information to maximize global awareness. Eighty percent of our future success depends on every single person — healthy or not. It depends on how socially aware are we.
Wuhan informed doctors of patient populations that are at considerable risk of not recovering. That data could potentially save lives.
Chinese scientists looked into available statistics of 150 hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan. They sought to understand the clinical signs pointing toward a severe case of the disease.
Out of that specific hundred fifty cases of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 68 patients died (45%), and 82 patients recovered ( 55%). To be discharged from the hospital, the patient must have been fever-free for three days, have improved respiratory function, and have two consecutive negative COVID-19 tests. Age is the main factor; the majority of patients in that hospitalized group who were over 66 years old have died from COVID-19. Every single patient younger than 40 years old has recovered. There was no difference between men and women. However, the majority of patients who did not improve, died between day 12 and day 28, starting…
