Table 1.

clinical presentation of the COVID-19 patients admitted to Mengo Hospital COVID-19 Treatment Unit from December 2020 to August 2021 (N=314)

Variable	Yes, n (%)
Symptoms
Cough	274 (87.3)
Fever	228 (72.6)
Shortness of breath	258 (82.2)
Sore throat	43 (13.7)
Anosmia	13 (4.1)
Desgeusia	9 (2.9)
General body weakness	255 (81.2)
Chest pain	146 (46.5)
Vomiting	86 (27.4)
Duration of symptoms ≥7 days	207 (65.9)
Temperature ≥ 37.50c	75 (23.9)
Oxygen saturation <90%	163 (51.9)
Pulse ≥ 100b/min	147 (43.0)
Kussmaul’s breathing	3 (1.0)

N: frequency; %: percentage