8th February 2022

A 66-year-old female is brought to the emergency department with confusion and difficulty breathing

A 66-year-old female is brought to the emergency department with confusion and difficulty breathing. Four days earlier she began experiencing flu-like symptoms including fever, sore throat, anosmia and myalgia. Today the patient has a positive swab for SARS-CoV 2 RNA and is diagnosed with COVID-19.

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