[Wave riding - 12 months of COVID-19 in a German tertiary care center].

Introduction: With more than 1400 COVID-19 inpatients, the university hospital of Essen is the main regional caregiver during COVID-19 pandemic. We present outcome data of our inpatients during the first 12 months of pandemic and our derived clinical care concepts.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of all 1396 COVID-19 inpatients presenting between March, 1 of 2020 and February, 28 of 2021 for comorbidities, survival and complications.