We are sending this letter to “Travel medicine and Infectious Diseases” to share the results of our study which retrospectively looked at hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and what effects other factors had on these outcomes. Conducting these assessments on COVID-19 patients, especially the elderly, may establish risk stratification of patients before and upon hospital admission. This helps to fine-tune admission protocols and epidemiological surveillance processes to the reality of the pandemic. Such knowledge will empower health care practitioners to better manage the epidemic by paying due attention to higher risk groups.

We are sending this letter to “Travel medicine and Infectious Diseases” to share the results of our study which retrospectively looked at hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and what effects other factors had on these outcomes. Conducting these a...