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'Major breakthrough' as drug trial finds steroid can reduce coronavirus deaths

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coronavirus after it was found to reduce deaths by up to a third among patients suffering the worst effects of the virus. The mortality rate of those who end up on a ventilator is usually above 40 per cent, but this was slashed by a third among people prescribed dexamethasone, which costs less than five pounds on the NHS.More than 11,500 patients from 175 NHS hospitals have been enrolled on the Recovery trial since it was set up in March to test a range of potential coronavirus treatments.In the dexamethasone study, 2,104 patients received 6mg of dexamethasone once a day by mouth or intravenous injection for 10 days.Their outcomes were compared with a control group of 4,321 patients.Over a 28-day period, the mortality rate among patients.

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