Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Young Adults with Mild Covid -19

BACKGROUND: Stormy course has been reported among hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in high- and middle-income countries To assess clinical outcomes in consecutively hospitalized patients with mild covid-19 in India we performed a study METHODS: We developed a case registry of successive patients admitted with suspected covid-19 infection to our hospital (n=501) Covid-19 was diagnosed using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) Demographic, clinical, investigations details and outcomes were recorded Descriptive statistics are presented RESULTS: Covid-19 was diagnosed in 234 (46 7%) and data compared with 267 (53 3%) negative controls Mean age of covid-19 patients was 35 1±16 6y, 59 4% were 40y (9 1±5 2) compared to 40-59y (11 3±6 1) and ≥60y (16 4±13 3) (p=0 001) CONCLUSIONS: This hospital-based registry shows that mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic young covid-19 patients have excellent prognosis