Fig. 1

Trends in in-hospital mortality at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital from March 2019 through August 2021. Ugandan societal lockdowns occurred March 18, 2020, to August 8, 2020, and May 10, 2021, to June 22, 2021. The first wave of COVID-19 cases occurred approximately between August 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021, and the second wave occurred approximately between May 1, 2021, and August 31, 2021