Through history, there have been plenty of pandemics however; the social response to corona virus disease (COVID-19) is unparalleled. It is assessed that almost four billion individuals are living in social segregation during this mother of all pandemics.

Initially described in China in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread all over the world and by 18th July 2020- there was an emergent figure of 13,824,739 confirmed cases and 591.666 losses reported to the WHO. To date, Egypt reported slightly over 82,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 3858 deaths. The new pandemic is injuring not only health organizations of several countries but also the financial prudence universal.

Defining the clinical features and associated outcomes of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is fundamental to improving our understanding and adequate management of this illness. Several articles have recently been published, describing the clinical features and outcomes of retrospective individuals with COVID-19

Inclusion Criteria:

• This study included 1064 patients consecutively admitted to isolation hospitals in Upper Egypt during the period from 22 March to 23 June 2020

Exclusion Criteria:

• only hospitalized confirmed cases of COVID-19 were included.

All cases had confirmed COVID-19 infection (based on PCR, chest HRCT, CBC, CRP, Ferritin levels) and received standardized treatment protocols of Ministry of Health and Population based on disease severity.