Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Approximately 80% of patients with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms, 13.8% have severe disease (dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxia) and 6.1% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, septic shock or multiple organ dysfunction). The l…