Assessment of clinical and virological outcomes of rural and urban populations: COVID-19.

Objective: To assess the clinical and virological status in urban and rural populations.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak for a period of six months. Upper respiratory tract (URT) specimens including nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were collected from the patients and their contacts and processed by RT-PCR technique for COVID-19 detection.