Stroke Patients Infected with Covid-19 Take Longer Time to Recover: Study

The symptoms of a person infected with Covid-19 virus can worsen significantly and they may take longer time to recover in case they have a stroke, a new study done at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital has found. It also showed that Indians have a lower prevalence rate of stroke in Covid-19 patients as compared to the global numbers. The study compared several stroke patients who had coronavirus with those who were free from it.

According to the study, between May 1 and August 31, only 21 out of 1500 Covid-19 patients who received treatment at the hospital suffered from stroke. “Indians seem to have a lower prevalence rate of stroke in Covid-19 patients, while global studies have shown the prevalence to be between 5 per cent and 6 per cent,” Dr Pradyumna Oak, Head of Neurology at Nanavati Hospital was quoted as saying by The Times of India.