<story><title>Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom</title><url>https://apnews.com/32540d09ec101aac057660ef1b0aa970</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gzer0</author><text>Around 99% of the patients developed a high temperature, while more than half experienced fatigue and a dry cough. About a third also experienced muscle pain and difficulty breathing.&lt;p&gt;Research from the Chinese Center for Disease Control suggests that around 80% of coronavirus cases are mild. Around 15% of patients have gotten severe cases, and 5% have become critically ill.&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s how symptoms progress among typical patients:&lt;p&gt;- Day 1: Patients run a fever. They may also experience fatigue, muscle pain, and a dry cough. A small minority of them may have had diarrhea or nausea one to two days before.&lt;p&gt;- Day 5: Patients may have difficulty breathing — especially if they are older or have a preexisting health condition.&lt;p&gt;- Day 7: This is how long it takes, on average, before patients are admitted to a hospital, according to the Wuhan University study.&lt;p&gt;- Day 8: At this point, patients with severe cases (15%, according to the Chinese CDC) develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an illness that occurs when fluid builds up the lungs. ARDS is often fatal.&lt;p&gt;- Day 10: If patients have worsening symptoms, this is the time in the disease&amp;#x27;s progression when they&amp;#x27;re most likely to be admitted to the ICU. These patients probably have more abdominal pain and appetite loss than patients with milder cases. Only a small fraction die: The current fatality rate hovers around 2%.&lt;p&gt;- Day 17: On average, people who recover from the virus are discharged from the hospital after two-and-a-half weeks.&lt;p&gt;----&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jamanetwork.com&amp;#x2F;journals&amp;#x2F;jama&amp;#x2F;fullarticle&amp;#x2F;2761044&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jamanetwork.com&amp;#x2F;journals&amp;#x2F;jama&amp;#x2F;fullarticle&amp;#x2F;2761044&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] 
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-covid19-day-by-day-symptoms-patients-2020-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-covid19-day-by-d...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not allowed to do this and not sure how long this will be up; the entire UpToDate reprint on the latest we know about COVID-19 (Coronavirus)&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;document&amp;#x2F;448592904&amp;#x2F;COVID-19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;document&amp;#x2F;448592904&amp;#x2F;COVID-19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;----&lt;p&gt;Stay vigilant, stay careful, but most importantly, do not spread false information.</text></comment>
<story><title>Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom</title><url>https://apnews.com/32540d09ec101aac057660ef1b0aa970</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>oska</author><text>Some further context on the discrepancy between this figure and official figures:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The Iranian government has denied trying to cover up the full extent of the coronavirus outbreak after reports suggested that the death toll from the disease was more than four times higher than official figures claim.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; On Monday, a lawmaker from Qom – a Shia holy city 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran which has seen a cluster of cases – accused Iran’s health minister of “lying” about the scale of the outbreak.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; According to the semi-official ILNA news agency, which is close to reformists, the lawmaker, Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, said there had been “50 deaths” from the coronavirus in Qom alone.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; “The rest of the media have not published this figure, but we prefer not to censor what concerns the coronavirus because people’s lives are in danger,” ILNA editor Fatemeh Madiani told Agence France-Presse (AFP).&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; But the country’s deputy health minister rejected the report. In a news conference broadcast live on state television, Iraj Harirchi said that 12 people had died from the coronavirus and 66 had been infected.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; “I categorically deny this information,” said Iraj Harirchi.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; “This is not the time for political confrontations. The coronavirus is a national problem,” he added.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;feb&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-live-updates-china-wuhan-hubei-latest-news-italy-lombardy-south-korea-iran-japan-cases-infections-death-toll-outbreak-xi-jinping-update?page=with:block-5e53aa4b8f0811db2fafd5aa#block-5e53aa4b8f0811db2fafd5aa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;feb&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;coronavir...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>