//Nearly all COVID-19 patients put on ventilators in New York's largest health system died, study finds

Nearly all COVID-19 patients put on ventilators in New York's largest health system died, study finds

Nearly all coronavirus patients who needed ventilators in New York’s largest health system to help them breathe died, a study found.Overall, about 20% of COVID-19 patients treated at Northwell Health died, and 88% of those placed on ventilators died, according to the study. A ventilator is a device that forces air into the lungs of patients who cannot breathe on their own because of severe