“…Evidence is mounting on the diverse neurological presentations associated with COVID-19. In a Rapid Review in The Lancet Neurology, Mark Ellul and colleagues¹ nicely cover these findings, but we would like to emphasise the risk of associated stroke. As described in this Rapid Review, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) might be more likely to cause thrombotic vascular events, including stroke, than other coronavirus and seasonal infectious diseases. In fact, a 7·6-fold increase in the odds of stroke with COVID-19 compared with influenza was recently reported….”

Fifi JT and Mocco J: COVID-19 related stroke in young individuals. Lancet Neurology 19(9): 713-715 (2020).

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30272-6/fulltext