Nick Cordero: Broadway actor develops lung infection during coronavirus battle

Actor's wife Amanda Kloots has been providing regular updates on his condition

Broadway actor Nick Cordero has developed a lung infection that has entered his blood, his wife Amanda Kloots has disclosed.

Cordero has been in hospital since early April, during which time he had his right leg amputated after complications caused by coronavirus.

Kloots, who shares 10-month-old son Elvis with Cordero, has vowed the couple “will dance again”.

In the latest update from, she said doctors were weaning the 41-year-old off medication to bring his blood pressure back up, and that he is also being given antibiotics.

“He went into a little bit of septic shock, and the cause of that was some infection in his lungs,” Kloots told followers via her Instagram Stories. “So they went in and completely cleaned out his lungs.”

She said the latest complication “kind of came out of nowhere”.

“He is back to feeling better, he’s resting, the antibiotics are hopefully kicking in,” she said.

The previous day, Kloots had told fans that her husband would not be able to come off a ventilator immediately, after he developed a fever in the early hours of the morning.

“They are going to set aside the ventilator removal until they get this under control,” she said.

Last week, she said doctors believe Cordero’s system may be free from coronavirus after two tests came back negative.

He is now dealing with recovery and the repercussions of the virus, she said.