Consecutive age and sex matched COVID-19 patients presenting during the same period with no current or past history of diagnosis of TB were included as controls for these patients (Fig. 1). The medical records of all the subjects included were retrieved and clinical **data** entered in a pre-determined proforma, elucidating the sociodemographic characteristics, details of clinical severity at presentation, clinical course during stay (severity of COVID-19 infection, type of respiratory support, site of TB and duration of hospital stay) and eventual outcome.