Nearly a Third of Hospitalized CCP Virus Patients Experienced Altered Mental State: Study

A medical crew works around a patient affected with COVID-19 in a Marseille hospital, France, on Sept.10, 2020. Daniel Cole/AP

Almost a third of people who have been hospitalized for the CCP virus have experienced an altered mental state, according to a new study.

Scientists found patients who suffered altered mental states, most of whom were older and male, were more likely to die than those who did not.