Nearly 80% received an antibiotic from March to October 2020.
Data indicates that approximately of hospitalized COVID-19 patients received antibiotics during the first year of the pandemic. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) and subsequent studies found that only about 8% of these patients actually had bacterial co-infections that warranted such treatment. Early in Pandemic, Were Antibiotics Prescribed ...
Antibiotics were often prescribed regardless of illness severity, with similar rates seen in both mild/moderate cases and severe/critical cases. Nearly 80% received an antibiotic from March to October 2020