The Mayo Clinic wants people who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma so it can be used as a possible treatment for those still battling the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
As of Tuesday, April 7, there were more than 300,000 people who have recovered after becoming infected with COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.The bulk of the recoveries were in China, with the nation reporting more than 77,000 individuals having recovered.
Wuhan, China served as the initial epicenter of the global outbreak.Spain, Germany, Iran and Italy also have reported recoveries in the tens of thousands, based on Johns Hopkins' data.