Manifestations of the SARS-Cov-2 virus go beyond the pulmonary complications that previous studies suggested, experts at the AIIMS asserted on Thursday. What started out as viral pneumonia has turned into multi-systemic disease that ranges from simple Anosmia to life-threatening Encephalopathy or sudden cardiac arrest. They also suggested that the classification of Covid-19 into mild, moderate, and severe cases based only on respiratory symptoms should be relooked into.

As the Covid-19 virus is being studied, it reveals several other manifestations that indicate its impact across organ systems, observed Randeep Guleria, director at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Guleria shared his observation during the weekly "National Clinical Grand Rounds", organized by AIIMS while discussing various possible extra-pulmonary complications of the Coronavirus. The experts discussed at length about the complications developing in the body of Covid patients. Gulleria said though pulmonary manifestations continue to dominate in most cases of the pandemic, a significant rise could be seen in the number of patients having extra-pulmonary manifestations.