Results All the included patients had variable degrees of presenting symptoms and signs on admission; fever (82.5%), cough (59%), fatigue (43.5%), anorexia (40%), shortness of breath (n = 60, 30.7%), myalgias (n = 21, 10.7%), other non-specific symptoms such as sore throat, nasal congestion, headache, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, loss of smell (anosmia), or loss of taste (ageusia) preceding the onset of respiratory symptoms were also recorded.