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Outcome of Covid-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

Anum Latif*, Wania Rafaey, Shamim Kausar, Syeda Rida E zehra, Muhammad Rafay

Introduction: Covid-19 infection was first isolated from china. It is caused by corona virus. It mainly effects the human respiratory system and cause upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms. Our study is single centered study with largest number of covid-19 patients. We assessed the study population in view of their hospital stay, days of ventilation, mortality and recovery.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study with prospectively collected data of 100 patients with documented Covid-19 infection who were tested positive for Covid-19 PCR, presented to the Department of Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital Karachi Pakistan. We reviewed the data in terms of their ICU stay, days of ventilation, mortality and recovery. The duration of the study was from April 2020 to June 2020.