Characteristics and outcome profile of hospitalized African patients with COVID-19: The Ethiopian context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have a different picture in Africa; the first case was identified in the continent after it had already caused a significant loss to the rest of the world and the reported number of cases and mortality rate has been low. Understanding the characteristics and outcome of the pandemic in the African setup is therefore crucial.

Aim

To assess the characteristics and outcome of Patients with COVID-19 and to identify determinants of the disease outcome among patients admitted to Millennium COVID-19 Care Center in Ethiopia.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted among 1345 consecutively admitted RT-PCR confirmed Patients with COVID-19 from July to September, 2020. Frequency tables, KM plots, median survival times and Log-ran

SUBMITTER: Leulseged TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8577729 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature