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Doctors warn coronavirus causing blood clots and sudden strokes in young healthy patients
Dr Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon in the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, said his team usually treats less than two stroke patients under the age of 50 every month. But in the last two weeks they have seen five young coronavirus patients who suffered a sudden stroke despite being otherwise well.
“The virus seems to be causing increased clotting in the large arteries, leading to severe stroke,” Dr Oxley told CNN. “Our report shows a seven-fold increase in incidence of sudden stroke in young patients during the past two weeks. Most of these patients have no past medical history and were at home with either mild symptoms (or in two cases, no symptoms) of COVID
Africa registers 1,298 dead and 27,427 infected
The death toll from covid-19 in Africa has risen to 1,298 in the past few hours, with 27,427 reported cases of the disease in 52 countries, according to the latest pandemic statistics on that continent.
According to the African Union’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in the last 24 hours, the number of registered deaths has risen from 1,242 to 1,298 while infections have increased from 25,937 to 27,427.
The total number of recovered patients rose from 6,534 to 7,474, an increase greater than that recorded in the past few days.