How many hospitalized patients were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU)?
Sixty-seven hospitalized patients were admitted to an ICU. The average age of those admitted was 29 years. Forty-five (67%) of these patients had an underlying medical condition, including pregnancy. Among these patients, the average time from the beginning of the illness to the start of antiviral therapy was 6 days. Only 23% of patients admitted into the ICU or who died received antiviral drugs within 48 hours of illness onset.