Some doctors are trying to reduce their reliance on ventilators for some coronavirus patients.<br />This is as the death rate for patients using the machines is abnormally high.<br />New York officials say 80% of coronavirus patients who used ventilators in the state have died.<br />Unusually high death rates have also been recorded elsewhere in the world.<br />Ventilators are typically only used for the worst-affected patients, says Business Insider.<br />There are no drugs to help treat coronavirus, so this could explain the higher death rate.
