Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Suspect Cases at the Triage of Ain Shams University Hospitals during the First Wave

Table 4.

Second sectionof scoring system: Clinical symptoms of patients diagnosed at COVID-19 Triageof Ain Shams University Hospitals as suspect COVID-19 during the first wave.

Section II

Yes

No

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Question 4

Fever more than 37.4ºC

286

57.2%

214

42.8%

Question 5

Sore Throat and/or Runny Nose

296

59.2%

204

40.8%

Question 6

New Dry Cough or Old Dry Cough worsened over the last 3 Days.

361

72.2%

139

27.8%

Question 7

Shortness of Breath or Dyspnea

295

59%

205

41%