Figure 2.

COVID-19 diagnostic status path. Patients were categorised on admission according to their COVID-19 status into four groups: unknown, no symptoms compatible with COVID-19 or previous PCR test, symptoms compatible with COVID-19 but no previous PCR test or previous positive PCR test. Although it is essential to perform a PCR assay at admission in all patients, it should be noted that at the beginning of the pandemic, when this study was carried out, PCR was not available in many facilities. PCR: polymerase chain reaction