inclusion criteria: - diagnosis with sars-cov-2 by the currently available assays (food and drug administration [fda] approved) - should be hospitalized and exhibit at least one of the following predictors of mortality - age >= 65 years - current smoker (smoked >= 100 cigarettes in life and actively smoking) - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) - diabetes - hypertension - coronary artery disease - cerebrovascular accident (cva) - chronic renal disease (creatinine of >= 2 mg/dl) - cancer - patients that have c-reactive protein (crp) >= 10 mg/l - d-dimer >= 0.5 mg/l - procalcitonin >= 0.5 mg/l - lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) >= upper limit of normal (uln) - patients or authorized family member willing to sign informed consent to participate in this study

inclusion criteria: - diagnosis with sars-cov-2 by the currently available assays (food and drug administration [fda] approved) - should be hospitalized and exhibit at least one of the following predictors of mortality - age >= 65 years - current smoker (smoked >= 100 cigarettes in life and actively smoking) - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) - diabetes - hypertension - coronary artery disease - cerebrovascular accident (cva) - chronic renal disease (creatinine of >= 2 mg/dl) - cancer - patients that have c-reactive protein (crp) >= 10 mg/l - d-dimer >= 0.5 mg/l - procalcitonin >= 0.5 mg/l - lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) >= upper limit of normal (uln) - patients or authorized family member willing to sign informed consent to participate in this study