Epidemiological profile of COVID 19 cases admitted in Dedicated COVID Hospital, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) three months after the first case of Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) was reported in Wuhan, China in late December 2019. India recorded its first COVID-19 case on 30th January 2020. As on 30th September 2020, a total of 63,01,156 COVID-19 cases and 98,585 deaths have been reported in the country. An observational study was carried out among all COVID-19 positive cases admitted in Dedicated COVID Hospital Government Medical College Aurangabad, Maharashtra during the period between 1st April to 30th September with the aim to study demographic distribution, clinical manifestation and co morbid status of COVID-19 positive patients. Out of total 6,564 COVID suspect patients admitted in DCH within the study period a total of 2,986 tested positive for COVID-19. Out of these 2,986 patients 1,812 (60.68%) were discharged according to the ICMR guidelines while 724 (24.25%) cases died due to COVID-19. There were still 379 (12.69%) of active cases in the hospital. Among the admitted patients the largest stratum of 1,156 (38.71%) was contributed by patients belonging to the age group of 41-60 years while only 68 (2.28%) patients were in the age group of above 80 years of age. On admission the most frequent clinical profile was characterized by breathlessness (37%) and fever (35%). While 7.82% of the patients were asymptomatic. Among the patients, hypertension (n=679) was the most prevalent co-morbidity followed by diabetes (n=573) and ischemic heart disease (n=166).