Material and Method: The present study was conducted in the CMCH, Ludhiana. The study comprised of 100 subjects reported Covid positive during the June to September 2020. A detailed explanation was given to all the participating respondents regarding the study and their contribution to it. COVID-19 was diagnosed on the basis of the WHO interim guidance. A questionnaire was prepared to collect the Patients demographic profile. Patients date of admission and discharge was recorded along with the outcome i.e. whether patient was expired or survived. Patients diagnosis was identified along with the co-morbidity (if present). Laboratory investigations comprised of CBC and serum albumin detection. Data so collected was tabulated in an excel sheet, under the guidance of statistician. The means and standard deviations of the measurements per group were used for statistical analysis (SPSS 22.00 for windows; SPSS inc, Chicago, USA). Difference between two groups was determined using student t-test as well as chi square test and the level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

Results: The study comprised of 100 subjects, out of which 45 and 55 were males and females respectively. The overall mean age of the study subjects were 37.52 years. Death was revealed among 35.29%, 9.33% and 85.7% of the subjects having COVID-19 + T2DM, only COVID-19 and COVID-19 + hypertension respectively with statistically significant difference as p<0.05. Albumin level was significantly lower in expired patients (2.99) as compared to survivors (3.85) as p<0.05. Hospital stay was also higher in expired patients.

Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results that COVID-19 patients have reduced serum albumin levels, which may predispose to poor survival.