SARS-COV-2 PCR-POSITIVE AND PCR-NEGATIVE CASES OF PNEUMONIA ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PEAK OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ANALYSIS OF IN-HOSPITAL AND POSTHOSPITAL MORTALITY
SARS-COV-2 PCR-POSITIVE AND PCR-NEGATIVE CASES OF PNEUMONIA ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PEAK OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ANALYSIS OF IN-HOSPITAL AND POSTHOSPITAL MORTALITY
During the spike of COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan (June-2020), multiple SARS-CoV-2 PCR-test negative pneumonia cases with higher mortality were reported by media. We aimed to study the epidemiologic characteristics of hospitalized PCR-test positive and negative patients with analysis of in-hospital and post-hospital mortality. We also compare the respiratory disease characteristics between 2019 and 2020.