Amid rising daily Covid-19 cases, patients are presenting more non-specific symptoms like diarrhoea and chest pain leading to heart attacks, experts said here on Tuesday. India on Tuesday reported 8,813 fresh Covid-19 cases and 29 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. The national capital had reported 1,227 new infections and eight deaths on Monday. While patients commonly complain of headache, fever, cough, cold, throat irritation and bodyache, they are also presenting newer symptoms now.

"The number of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction (heart attack) is increasing in Covid-19 positive patients. There are patients who report non-specific symptoms like chest pain, decreased urine output, diarrhoea and then turn out to be Covid-19 positive," Akshay Budhraja, senior consultant, respiratory and sleep medicine at Aakash Healthcare, told IANS.