Table 2.
SARS COV-2 Infection and Clinical Feature of Patients Tested for SARS COV-2 at the COVID-19 Diagnostic Center, Southwest Districts of Ethiopia.
| Clinical and other information | Total |
Positives |
Negatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Patients with COVID-19 symptoms | |||
| Yes | 814 (7.7) | 83 (19.8) | 731 (7.2) |
| No | 9804 (92.3) | 336 (80.2) | 9468 (92.8) |
| Clinical symptoms | N = 814 | N = 83 | N = 731 |
| Cough | 426 (52.3) | 53 (63.8) | 373 (51.0) |
| Fever | 643 (79.0) | 32 (38.5) | 511 (69.9) |
| Shortness of breath | 234 (28.7) | 23 (27.7) | 211 (28.9) |
| Sore throat | 201 (24.7) | 15 (18.1) | 186 (25.4) |
| Headache | 455 (55.9) | 44 (53.0) | 411 (56.2) |
| Easy fatigue | 727 (89.3) | 56 (67.5) | 671 (91.8) |
| More than 1 symptoms | 794 (97.5) | 81 (97.6) | 713 (97.5) |
| Patient with chronic disease | |||
| Yes | 250 (2.4) | 37 (8.8) | 213 (2.1) |
| No | 10 368 (97.6) | 382 (91.2) | 9986 (97.9) |
| Patient with chronic disease conditions | |||
| Diabetic mellitus | 42 (0.4) | 11 (2.6) | 31 (0.3) |
| Hypertension | 34 (0.3) | 4 (1.0) | 30 (0.3) |
| HIV/AIDS | 41 (0.4) | 3 (0.7) | 38 (0.4) |
| Chronic respiratory problems | 32 (0.3) | 8 (1.9) | 24 (0.2) |
| Cardiac problems | 37 (0.3) | 6 (1.4) | 31 (0.3) |
| Pregnancy | 64 (0.6) | 5 (1.2) | 59 (0.6) |
| More than 1 chronic disease | 24 (0.2) | 8 (1.9) | 16 (0.2) |
| Contact with confirmed cases | |||
| Yes | 91 (0.9) | 41 (9.8) | 50 (0.5) |
| No | 10 527 (99.1) | 378 (90.2) | 10 149 (99.5) |
| History of visit to high-risk place (Addis Ababa) | |||
| Yes | 1185 (11.2) | 102 (24.4) | 1083 (10.6) |
| No | 9433 (88.8) | 317 (75.6) | 9116 (89.4) |
| Reason with testing | |||
| New | 10 343 (97.4) | 402 (95.9) | 9941 (97.5) |
| Follow-up | 275 (2.6) | 17 (4.1) | 258 (2.5) |