(NPR) New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive

New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive








A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New York City holds a cellphone so that a COVID-19 patient can see and listen to his family on April 24.



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New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive






Early reports suggested death rates as high as 90% for COVID-19 patients on ventilators. But some hospitals are now reporting mortality lower than 30%.








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