Table 5. Description of patients who died within 30 days of surgery.

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	COVID-19 status	Primary Dx	Types of surgery	Cause of death	Interval from surgery
1	60	Male	Negative	Carcinoma of esophagus	Feeding jejunostomy	Sepsis	4th POD
2	48	Female	Positive	Intestinal obstruction due to advanced carcinoma of rectum	Trephine loop ileostomy	COVID-19 pneumonia	3rd POD
3	30	Male	Positive	Choledocholithiasis	N/A	COVID-19 pneumonia	N/A

N/A: Not applicable; the patient died before undergoing surgery.