Brazilian researchers investigate the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and complications during hospitalization for Covid-19
The experiment is ongoing with about 140 patients over 60 years old.
By Deslange Paiva, G1
09/18/2020 08h00 Updated an hour ago
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Frisoli explains that the study is in the data collection phase. "Basically, so far, we are identifying that, among critically ill patients, the rate of vitamin D deficiency is very high."
https://g1.globo.com/bemestar/viva-voce/noticia/2020/09/18/pesquisadores-brasileiros-investigam-a-relacao-da-falta-de-vitamina-d-com-complicacoes-durante-a-internacao-por-covid-19.ghtml
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- 135,066 confirmed deaths
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On Thursday, at 8 pm, the balance sheet indicated: 135,031 deaths, 857 in 24 hours. As a result, the moving average of new deaths in Brazil in the last 7 days was 779 deaths, a variation of -9% compared to data recorded in 14 days.
Regarding those infected, there are already 4,457,443 Brazilians with the new coronavirus, 35,757 of which were confirmed on the last day. The moving average of cases was 31,097 per day, a variation of -22% in relation to cases registered in 14 days.
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