Priftis et al. [[2]] reported a patient (i.e. LA) who showed agraphia without alexia (pure agraphia), together with some signs of conduction aphasia. To the best of our knowledge, LA and LM are the first two cases with pure alexia or pure agraphia reported in patients affected by SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, other findings have suggested that ischemic strokes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 are more severe and disabling than those in non-SARS-CoV-2 patients [[8]]. COVID-19 presenting with agraphia and conduction aphasia in a patient with left-hemisphere ischemic stroke. [Extracted from the article]