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However, large datasets of CT-scan images are not publicly available due to privacy concerns and obtaining very accurate models has become difficult. Thus, to overcome this drawback, transfer-learning pre-trained models are used in the proposed methodology to classify COVID-19 (positive) and COVID-19 (negative) patients. We describe the development of a DL framework that includes pre-trained models (DenseNet201, VGG16, ResNet50V2, and MobileNet) as its backbone, known as KarNet. To extensively test and analyze the framework, each model was trained on original (i.e. unaugmented) and manipulated (i.e. augmented) datasets. Among the four pre-trained models of KarNet, the one that used DenseNet201 demonstrated excellent diagnostic ability, with AUC scores of 1.00 and 0.99 for models trained on unaugmented and augmented data sets, respectively. 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