| SvennoJ said: Yep dying quickly is a rarity, avg time to death is 18.5 days after symptoms onset which is avg 4.5 days after getting infected. Then there's a delay in reporting after confirming it was covid-19. It can take far longer as well and even pulling through eventually doesn't mean its over |
That was what was left of one of her lungs...Too late for Nick :(
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/canadian-broadway-star-nick-cordero-dies-at-41-following-complications-from-covid-19-1.5011901
The Tony Award-nominated actor, singer and musician first entered hospital in L.A. at the beginning of April with what was seemingly a case of pneumonia, said Kloots. Doctors suspected it was the novel coronavirus and administered three tests for it. The first two tests came back negative and the third was positive for COVID-19.
The disease ravaged his body, according to Kloots, who kept the world updated on his situation daily with posts on her Instagram account. She said doctors described his lungs as being riddled with holes and looking as if he'd been smoking for 50 years, even though he wasn't a smoker. He had a lingering lung infection and major complications from the disease, including blood pressure problems and clotting issues that led to the amputation of his right leg. Cordero was in an intensive care unit on various machines to help support his heart, lungs and kidneys. He was in a medically-induced coma but had come out of it before his death.
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She said they struck up a relationship while they were performing on the Great White Way in "Bullets Over Broadway," which earned him the Tony nomination. Cordero grew up in Hamilton's west end and attended Ryerson University for acting. He was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his role in the musical "A Bronx Tale." His other stage credits included "Rock of Ages."
Better news:
Humber River Hospital celebrated a big victory on Friday, announcing that its intensive care unit has zero COVID-19 patients for the first time since March.
"Wow!! Today is the first day since Mar 14th that our Intensive Care Unit are #COVIDー19 patient free! Thank you to the 6th-floor staff and physicians that have bonded together and provided exceptional care in this pandemic. Today is a day to celebrate at #HRH," the hospital posted on Twitter.
That's one hospital though (As of Sunday, there were 139 people in the hospital due to COVID-19. Thirty-nine of those patients are in the intensive care unit and 23 of them are breathing using ventilators.) 1839 active cases left in Ontario. It's getting better.
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