Symptomatic COVID-19 cases admitted to al diwaniyah teaching hospital, mid euphrates region of iraq till may 2020

Background: People all over the world were alarmed on February 2020 by the Wuhan lock down, a Chinese big city, because of the discovery of a new coronavirus with a major health threat The virus was initially named 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), but now is known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Until February 27th 2020, the virus has infected more than 82,294 and has caused fatality in 2,804 cases Aim of the study: The current study was aiming at evaluating the clinical outcome of a sample of symptomatic patients with COVID-19 admitted to Al-Diwaniyah teaching hospital at Al-Diwaniyah Province in the mid-Euphrates region of Iraq Patients and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Al-Diwaniyah teaching hospital at Al-Diwaniyah Province in the mid-Euphrates region of Iraq during the period extending from February the 2nd 2020 till May the 2nd 2020 The study included 11 patients, 6 males and 5 females with an age range of 19 to 60 years Results: The rage range was between 19 and 60 years The study included 6 males and 5 females All patients were from urban areas The major manifestations reported in all cases were fever, headache and upper respiratory tract symptoms followed by sudden attack of shortness of breath with 5-7 days Various occupations were reported such as students, housewife, self employee, employee and retried The outcome was cure in 5 cases Five cases are still under clinical observation and supportive measures till now One case fatality was observed and he was a 60 years old male with bronchogenic carcinoma Conclusion: Symptomatic cases are low in number in our province and cure is the main outcome however mortality is expected even with respiratory support at intensive care unit