FEATURES OF THE COURSE OF COVID-19 IN A POLYMORBID ELDERLY PATIENT

Abstract

The problem of coronavirus infection in 2020 swept the entire world at lightning speed. This is due to the fact that the pandemic has broken out across the globe. There is not a single corner of the earth where the virus has not reached and has not done its "dirty" deed. High contagiousness, hence the high morbidity and mortality at first amazed the whole world, the entire medical community. The doctors did not know how to treat, what to do. In the health care of almost all countries, a period of panic began, urgent quarantine measures were introduced in the hope of having time to organize something during this time. Kazakhstan is no exception. The sad statistics are as follows: as of January 31, 2021, 103 million 213 thousand 392 people were infected, 2 million 231 thousand 154 people have died. The mortality rate was 2.16%. In your opinion, we offer a clinical case of an elderly patient with a reliably confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19 against the background of polymorbid somatic pathology.