covid-19 infections

21% of COVID-19 discharged patients dead, or readmitted after 60 days

The death rate or re-hospitalization in the 60 days that follows hospital discharge due to coronavirus exceeds 21% among patients that were admitted in the early months of the pandemic according to a new study. This study was conducted by a team of US-based investigators and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Study reveals, dining out, going to pubs linked to contracting coronavirus

There is an association of close contact with COVID-19 patients, dining at restaurants and pubs, with testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection, reveals a study of outpatients from 11 US health care facilities.

Telehealth visits are booming amidst the coronavirus crisis

Analysts at Forrester Research say that the adoption of telemedicine has shifted to hyper drive over the past month since virtual healthcare interactions have caught pace to top 1 billion by year’s end. This represents a massive expansion from telemedicine usage before the COVID-19 pandemic.