Impact of vaccination and risk factors on COVID-19 mortality amid delta wave in Libya: A single center cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Delta variant has led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Libya, making it crucial to investigate the impact of vaccination on mortality rates among hospitalized patients and the critically ill. This study aimed to explore the risk factors for COVID-19 mortality and the mortality rates among unvaccinated and vaccinated adults during the Delta wave who were admitted to a single COVID-19 care center in Tripoli, Libya.

Methods

The study involved two independent cohorts (n = 341). One cohort was collected retrospectively from May 2021-August 2021 and the second cohort was prospectively collected from August 2021-October 2021. Most of the patients in the study became ill during the Delta wave. The two cohorts were merged and analysed as one group.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Alhudiri I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403102 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature