In the recent past, there has been a sudden surge in the cases of heart attacks and strokes among healthy, young and middle-aged Indians which has become a major concern.
Recently, a survey by LocalCircles found that the percentage of sudden ailments or complications rose from 31% to 51% within a year.
The study also found that 61% of the people in their close network experiencing severe medical conditions have been affected by the coronavirus once or more than that while 28% said that their contacts who suffered a stroke or heart attack did not have Covid.
The survey received 32,000 responses from people located in 357 districts of India.
Narayana Health in Bengaluru stated that stroke has been seen as a manifestation of Covid-19 in various studies showing that 0.9% to 23% of Covid-19 patients developed stroke.
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