Table 2.

Outcome groups

Diagnostic outcome			Risk stratification outcomes
			Triage patients COVID+	Hospitalised patients COVID+
COVID+	Any positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 on a nasopharyngeal swab during the 14 days following enrolment	Mild	Outpatients discharged home with mild disease without hospitalisation within 7 days of enrolment	Patients without worsening condition attributable to COVID-19 and discharged home
		Moderate	Patients hospitalised within 7 days of enrolment and NOT receiving intensive care at any point during their hospitalisation	Patients with worsening condition attributable to COVID-19 requiring ICU referral/or dying during follow-up
		Severe	Patients hospitalised within 7 days of enrolment and subsequently requiring ICU referral/or dying
COVID-	Consistently negative RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 on a nasopharyngeal swab during the 14 days following enrolment