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Our results revealed that there were highly significant ( p <0.001) increase in serum CRP and whole blood neutrophils percentage levels, significant ( p <005) increase in serum AST, ALT, urea, ferritin and whole blood WBCs levels and highly significant ( p <0.001) decrease in whole blood lymphocytes percentage in both moderate COVID-19 patients with and without GIT manifestations as compared with controls; while there is no significant ( p >005) change in these parameters when compared with each other.