Histopathological findings of lungs in covid- 19 positive patients:autopsy cases at rajendra institute of medical sciences(rims), ranchi (jharkhand)

Background/Aim: The prevalence of type of pneumonia in COVID -19 positive patient, results obtained when histopathathological examination performed on autopsy specimen of lungs. Material & Methods: for this 12 cases of lungs specimens taken from the autopsy cases who died due to COVID -19 (positive patients). The specimen were selected from pathology department, RIMS, Ranchi over a period of 6 months. Results: Mostly features of interstitial pneumonia were found in most cases and some cases shows lobar pneumonia.