They carried on until respiratory failure.
Or cardiac arrest. Some with underlying medical conditions and (mild) covid-19 symptoms still go to work/shop being the main income source for the family.
Sudden cardiac arrest can be much more fatal when a patient is already battling COVID-19, according to a new study published in European Heart Journal. This is true for both out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).
The study included more than 1,900 cases of OHCA and more than 1,000 cases of IHCA. All patients were treated in Sweden from Jan. 1 to July 20, 2020. During the pandemic—the authors chose March 16 as its official beginning—10% of OHCA patients and 16.1% of IHCA patients had ongoing COVID-19.