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. 2023 Apr 3;13:5440. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32441-7

Table 1.

All individuals who were SARS-CoV-2 positive and died on COVID-19 underlying and non-COVID-19 underlying causes of death in the studied community.

PatID Days between positive
PCR test and death
Cause of death
SARS-CoV-2 positive, COVID-19 underlying cause of death
 1 1 Hypoxic lung failure, coronary heart disease
 2 5 Hypoxic lung failure
 3 0 Pneumonia
 4 3 Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia
 5 Unknown ARDS, septic shock, heart failure
 6 7 Pneumonia, multiple organ failure
 7 6 Multiple organ failure
 8 24 Circulatory failure, septic shock
 9 40 ARDS, pneumonia
 10 Unknown Global respiratory failure, pneumonia
 11 32 Pneumonia, multiple organ failure, septic shock,
 12 62 Global respiratory failure, pneumonia
SARS-CoV-2 positive, different underlying cause of death
 13 24 Acute kidney failure, lactic acidosis (diabetes type II)
 14 103 Cardiovascular failure, respiratory failure
 15 92 Acute kidney failure (exsiccosis)
 16 122 Liver and kidney failure
 17 156 Oesophageal cancer
 18 187 Decompensated cardiac insufficiency

Note that patient 14 was fully recovered from COIVD-19.