Background: World Health Organization declared the COVID 19 epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern. COVID 19 pandemic strain health systems worldwide. Objective: to show the characteristics of COVID 19 infection in in Samara General Hospital, Salahaddin Province, Iraq. Patients and Methods: this study includes 150 symptomatic patients who attend Samara General Hospital during the period from August to October 2020. COVID 19 infection was confirmed by PCR testing. Results: The mean age of patients was 42.4±14.3 years. The disease commonly affected male patients (66%). The most common symptom at the time of presentation of patients with COVID19 infection in this study were fever (90%), cough (86.7%), fatigue (81.3%), hyposmia (80%), sweating (78.7%), Hypogeusia (76.7%), chills (65.3%), sputum (59.3%), headache (54.7%), anorexia (52%), and dyspnea (39.3%). Moreover, there were significant differences among mild, moderate and severe cases regarding oxygen saturation, ESR and alanine aminotransferase level. Conclusion: COVID 19 infection is higher among young adults’ patients. Hyposmia and hypogeusia are important associated symptoms. The risk factors of severe illness include age of patients over 40 years, hypoxemia, and elevated ESR and ALT levels.