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This was a case report.
"She had low vitamin D levels on presentation and was given 200,000 units of cholecalciferol, once daily for 3 days with Vitamin C, 500 mg per oral once daily for 7 days. Her symptoms got progressively better and her oxygen requirement diminished on next day. On day 3, her symptoms completely resolved, and her chest X-ray improved."
I can't access the study, so don't know if the vit D was given orally or through injection. But nonetheless, it points back to how important vit D is against this whole shebang, as Haidut pointed out.
Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) with Low Dose Vitamin C as a Safe and Effective Therapeutic Modality in an Adult with COVID-19 Pneumonia - PubMed
This is a case of an elderly female presenting with fever, cough and shortness of breath. On presentation, she had tachypnea and an oxygen requirement of 2 liters through nasal prongs. Her investigations were suggestive of COVID-19 pneumonia with bilateral ground-glass appearance on chest X-ray...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I can't access the study, so don't know if the vit D was given orally or through injection. But nonetheless, it points back to how important vit D is against this whole shebang, as Haidut pointed out.