Four of the five patients were relatively healthy; two patients in their 30s had no known risk factors for stroke. Although strokes seem to affect a very small number of COVID-19 patients, they appear to be related to a broader phenomenon that has emerged in critically ill patients: excessive blood clotting. Tiny clots in other organs, like the kidneys and liver, have been found in autopsies of coronavirus patients. Doctors have reported a flurry of strokes in COVID-19 patients — including the healthy 27-year-old EMT. By mid-April he had been intubated for two weeks, a period considered a critical make-or-break point for COVID-19 patients, and Yamin was concerned.

Source: bd News24 May 15, 2020 10:07 UTC