Patients under the age of 50 with confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection between January 20, 2020 to April 24, 2020 were analyzed in this study.

9358 COVID-19 positive patients under the age of 50 were identified and 33.2% were hospitalized for severe symptoms.

The incidence of acute ischemic stroke was 0.7% and compared to patients who did not experience a stroke, those who experienced acute ischemic strokes were, on average, older.

It was found that patients with stroke had significantly lower odds of survival compared to those without stroke.

Due to this being an observational study, these findings cannot confirm an association with COVID-19 and an increased risk of stroke but can confirm increased mortality rate.