Results There were 261 patients admitted to the IDU from 18 March to 19 July 2020. Participants were mostly male (140/221, 63.3%) with a uniform age distribution across a range of 17–87 years (see table 1). The majority of participants were employed in the informal sector (51/123, 41.5%), followed by the formal sector (41/123, 33.3%), with the remaining either retired, studying or unemployed. Of all of the patients admitted to the IDU, 29.8% of patients (78/261) reported at least one comorbidity.