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2ND PLACE WINNER, E-POSTER PRESENTATION 

An Observational Study on Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients 

Urgently Hospitalised from COVID Assessment Centres in Seremban, Malaysia 

Nor-Azila MI1, Ahmad-Baihaqi A1, Nur-Aslizah A2, Nur-Haizumraimi AR3, Nur-Saadah MAR4  

 
Objectives: COVID-19 emerged as a major global health problem in late 2019. At present, Malaysia 

has recorded more than 2 million cases since its first case; detected in January 2020. This study 

describes the clinical characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients urgently hospitalised in 

Seremban district from its local COVID Assessment Centre (CAC). 

Methods. Clinical records of all confirmed COVID-19 cases admitted urgently from three designated 

CACs between July and September 2021 in Seremban district were retrieved. The demography and 

clinical characteristics were captured, and the COVID vaccination status and clinical outcomes of each 

case were obtained and descriptively analysed using SPSS version 22.0. 

Results. A total of 240 samples were analysed. About 54.6% were female and 45.4% were male. The 

median age was 51 years. Majority of the cases were Malay, followed by Indian and Chinese, which 

was 67.5%, 17.5% and 12.1% of all cases, respectively. The median day of the illness was day 5, and 

the vast majority (77.1%) of cases were COVID-19 category 4. Most (72.5%) cases have underlying 

medical illnesses. The average body mass index (BMI) among the cases was 29.9 kg/m2 whereby 40.4% 

of them were obese with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 and above. Breathlessness was the most reported symptom 

(39.2%), followed by cough (28.7%). About 25.3% of them did not report any symptoms. Of all the 

cases urgently hospitalised, the recorded fatality was 9.6%, whereby 91.3% of them were not 

completely vaccinated. 

Conclusion. The majority of these urgently hospitalised patients were admitted due to COVID-19 

category 4 infection. Most of them already had underlying medical problems and nearly half were obese. 

Most of the patients admitted who ended with mortality did not complete their vaccination. 

 

Keywords: COVID-19, Malaysia, characteristics 

 

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1Klinik Kesihatan Nilai, Seremban, Malaysia 

2Klinik Kesihatan Kuarters KLIA, Seremban, Malaysia 

3Klinik Kesihatan Desa Rhu, Seremban, Malaysia 

4Klinik Kesihatan Sendayan, Seremban, Malaysia 

Correspondence to:  

Ahmad Baihaqi Azraii, Family Medicine Specialist, Klinik Kesihatan Nilai, Seremban, Malaysia, 

drbaihaqi@yahoo.com   

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DOI: http:// dx.doi .org/1 0.313 44/ijh hs.v6i 0.430

mailto:drbaihaqi@yahoo.com