We read with great interest an article by Yakar et al. (1), where authors have described brain death determination and organ donation process in a 61 year old lady pre diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 has created a medical crisis worldwide. Its symptomology has been varied, ranging from common respiratory symptoms to uncommon neurological features which include headache, light headedness, hallucination, seizure, and meningitis. Mao et al. (2) in their study observed that 5.7% of patients with severe coronavirus infection developed cerebrovascular disease later in the course of illness (2). They also observed that 36.7% of patients with severe infection who were old and with co-morbidities had neurological manifestation. In another study by Li et al. (3), the incidence of stroke in COVID-19 patients was about 5% with a median age of 71.6 years.
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