Table 3. Key outcomes: pre-pandemic and pandemic period.

All variables are reported as the weekly median with interquartile range. A Mann-Whitney test was performed to statistically test the difference between the two time periods.

Variable	Oct 2019 to Feb 2020	Mar to Sep 2020	p-value
Dead (%)	9.29 (7.5, 11)	11.68 (9.91, 15)	0.015
Discharged home (%)	6.45 (5.51, 9)	12.23 (8.4, 14)	<0.001
Discharged ward (%)	82.52 (78.82, 84)	73.56 (71.79, 79)	<0.001
Discharged ICU (%)	2.94 (1.88, 4)	3.45 (2.09, 4)	0.709
Transferred to another hospital (%)	1.76 (0.68, 3)	8.7 (4.67, 12)	<0.001
Discharged against medical advice (%)	7.03 (5.29, 9)	9.38 (7.18, 11)	0.014
Discharged other (%)	1.29 (0.75, 2)	1.15 (0, 2)	0.910
Readmitted to ICU (%)	4.27 (2.76, 5)	2.65 (2.17, 4)	0.051
Median length of stay (days)	2.11 (2, 2)	2.24 (2, 3)	0.151

ICU, intensive care unit.