Effect of HIV disease and the associated moderators on COVID-19 Mortality John Muthuka K., 1, 2** , Francis Muchiri W., 3* Kelly Oluoch J., 3 Francis Muchiri W., 4 and Japheth Nzioki M 5 ., 1 Department of Community Health & Health Promotion, Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi, Kenya 2 College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture& Technology, Nairobi, Kenya 3 Nyahururu Campus, Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi, Kenya 4 Head Quarters, Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi, Kenya 5 Jumeira University, Dubai, United Arabs Emirates Corresponding Author** (johnmuthuka@gmail.com) . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. (which was not certified by peer review) The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted June 14, 2022. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.09.22275881 doi: medRxiv preprint NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice.