Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics for 27,256 cases involved in this study by mortality
Variable | Total N (%) (n = 27,256) | Died N (%) (n = 2646) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â |
 Male | 14,648(53.74) | 1533 (57.94) |
 Female | 12,608(46.26) | 1113 (42.06) |
Age (Years) | Â | Â |
 < 15 | 2122 (7.79) | 102 (3.85) |
 15–45 | 6635 (24.34) | 240 (9.07) |
 45–60 | 5893 (21.63) | 403 (15.23) |
 60–85 | 11,002 (40.37) | 1568 (59.26) |
 > 85 | 1604 (5.88) | 333 (12.59) |
Dwelling place | Â | Â |
 Provincial capital | 13,487(49.48) | 1579 (59.67) |
 Outside provincial capital | 12,987(47.65) | 1002 (37.87) |
 Other provinces | 782(2.87) | 65 (2.46) |
History of contact with a case of COVID 19 in the last 14Â days | 13,826 (50.72) | 1377 (52.04) |
Re-infection with COVID-19 | 226 (0.82) | 28 (1.54) |
Smoking | 666 (2.44) | 64 (2.42) |
Drug addiction | 539 (1.97) | 53 (2) |
Pregnancy | 260 (0.95) | 1 (0.04) |
Presenting symptoms | Â | Â |
 Respiratory distress | 17,875 (65.58) | 1894 (71.53) |
 Cough | 11,276 (41.37) | 764 (28.85) |
 Fever | 8417 (30.88) | 542 (20.47) |
 Muscle pain | 6987 (25.63) | 502 (18.96) |
 Anorexia | 1947 (7.14) | 163 (6.24) |
 Headache | 1550 (5.68) | 62 (2.38) |
 Loss of consciousness | 1748 (6.41) | 426 (16.09) |
 Nausea | 1274 (4.67) | 73 (2.79) |
 Vomiting | 219 (0.80) | 53 (2.03) |
 Chest pain | 1108 (4.06) | 77 (2.96) |
 Abdominal pain | 810 (2.97) | 34 (1.30) |
 Diarrhea | 758 (2.78) | 29 (1.11) |
 Dizziness/Vertigo | 512 (1.87) | 30 (1.15) |
 Loss of smell | 481 (1.76) | 22 (0.83) |
 Loss of taste | 413 (1.51) | 26 (0.98) |
 Convulsions | 210 (0.77) | 10 (0.38) |
 Paresis | 177 (0.64) | 13 (0.50) |
 Palegia | 84 (0.30) | 11 (0.42) |
 Dermatitis | 78 (0.28) | 7 (0.27) |
Type of comorbidity | Â | Â |
 Hypertension | 3448 (12.65) | 499 (18.92) |
 Cardiovascular disease | 2077 (7.62) | 284 (10.77) |
 Diabetes | 2008 (7.36) | 277 (10.50) |
 Cancer | 557 (2.04) | 88(3.34) |
 Chronic kidney disease | 479 (1.75) | 96 (3.64) |
 Asthma | 310 (1.13) | 26 (0.99) |
 Other chronic lung diseases | 493 (1.80) | 60 (2.27) |
 Chronic neurologic diseases | 140 (0.51) | 23 (0.87) |
 Chronic blood disease | 118 (0.43) | 13 (0.59) |
 Chronic liver disease | 96 (0.35) | 19 (0.72) |
 Immunodeficiency | 36 (0.13) | 2 (0.08) |
 HIV/AIDS | 19 (0.07) | 1 (0.04) |
Number of comorbidities, n (%) | Â | Â |
 1 | 4968(18.22) | 654 (24.79) |
 2 | 1699(6.2) | 255(9.67) |
  ≥ 3 | 369(1.35) | 58 (2.20) |
Saturation of O2 < 93 | 17,799 (65.30) | 2194 (82.84) |
Case definition | Â | Â |
 Confirmed case | 12,917(47.39) | 1692 (6395) |
 Probable case | 9136 (33.52) | 663 (25.06) |
 Suspected case | 5203 (19.09) | 291 (11) |
Intensive care unit (ICU) admission | 5190 (19.04) | 1111 (41.99) |
Intubation | 3163 (11.60) | 1004 (37.94) |