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695,781,740
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Global Statistics

All countries
695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
All countries
6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
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Plasma donations add to recovery of COVID-19 patients, health specialists say

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a sight that is giving hope to many across the country, COVID-19 patients leaving the hospital after recovering from the virus.While there is no known cure for the illness, two New Jersey patients are recovering thanks in part to an experimental treatment of convalescent plasma from a patient who also recovered…

Q&A: How convalescent plasma can help COVID-19 patients

The race continues to develop treatments for patients battling COVID-19. One of them is called convalescent plasma therapy. It involves taking plasma from donors who have recovered from the novel coronavirus and giving it to those who are critically ill. KCRA 3's Stephanie Lin talked with Dr. Jonathan Hughes, medical director of Vitalant, to learn…

What Is Convalescent Plasma, and Why Do We Care About It?

April 24, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETA medical procedure doctors have used to treat novel diseases for a century has emerged as a focal point in the fight against Covid-19: convalescent plasma.Conva-what-now…?Convalescent plasma is the term used for plasma that is removed from the blood of a person who has recovered from a disease, then transfused…

Plasma therapy DOES work: Doctors say the treatment saved life of a coronavirus patient near death

Doctors say an experimental treatment using blood plasma does work and helped save the life of a coronavirus patient near death.The male patient had been on a ventilator at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was only getting worse.The hospital had just received its first batch of blood plasma from a recovered coronavirus…

COVID-19: Plasma Therapy likely to begin from April 25 in Karnataka

PTI, Bengaluru, Apr 24 2020, 18:25 ist updated: Apr 24 2020, 18:28 ist Karnataka is likely to start Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 patients, who are critical, from tomorrow, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said here on on Friday. "We have already got approval for Convalescent Plasma Therapy. Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic…

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