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Objective: To study the characteristics of patients with HIV and COVID-19 co-infection. Methods: Retrospective collection of data of people with HIV admitted with COVID-19, from medical record section of the hospital. We studied the clinical features, biochemical markers, radiological reports and treatment records of 5 patients admitted in our tertiary care hospital with a positive RT PCR test for COVID 19. We noted in particular the details of duration of HIV diagnosis, latest available CD4 counts, Antiretroviral therapy and adherence to treatment. Results: All patients were diagnosed with HIV for more than ve years and were varyingly adherent to the Antiretroviral therapy. Patient with lowest CD4 count (67) had full recovery whereas patient with CD4 of 160 succumbed. Commonest associated comorbidity was Diabetes Mellites. Patient 1 had mild COVID illness. Patient 2 succumbed to severe COVID whereas moderate to severe COVID was seen in patients 3 to 5. Elevation of inammatory markers like ferritin, D dimer, IL-6 were seen in patients with moderate to severe illness. Four patients were discharged without any complications. Conclusion: Poorly controlled HIV did not translate to poor outcome in our retrospective case series. Larger studies of Indian population with HIV and COVID-19 coinfection are needed to understand the relationship of viral load, inammatory markers and comorbidities with the disease outcome.