Categorical **data** were presented as counts and percentage. Normal distributions were presented as mean and standard deviation and skewed distributions were described as median and interquartile ranges. The difference in categorical variables between the groups was compared using the Chi square test or the Fischer's exact test. For normally distributed quantitative variables, difference in means was compared using the Student's t-test. In nonnormal distribution, the samples were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney U-test. A subgroup analysis comparing the above details between COVID-19 pneumonia to pulmonary TB was also undertaken. Given the paucity of numbers and specificity of disease association (COVID-19 with pulmonary TB in pediatric age group), the controls though were matched to gender, their age matching was relaxed in this subgroup to within 24 months of the concurrent case.