Clinical features and laboratory inspection of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in Xiangyang, Hubei

Weiliang Cao

The 128 COVID-19 patients were confirmed by laboratory detection. On admission, 107 and 21 patients were divided into non-severe and severe groups, respectively. The demographic and clinical features were showed in Table 1 . The data showed that female patients account for 53.1%, the proportion of these female patients in the severe and non-severe groups was 55.1% and 42.9%, respectively. The overall patients throughout the whole spectrum of age. The aged below 20 years that accounts for 1.6% of overall patients. The rate of overall patients who aged in 21~50 years were 44.5%, no-severe and severe patients accounts for 46.7%, 33.3%, respectively. The 51~65 years accounts for 35.1% of overall patients. The older patients aged over 66 years in the group of overall patients accounts for 18.8%. However, aged over 50 years accounting for 53.9% of overall patients. In the difference age spectrum, all severe groups compared with non-severe groups were difference significantly ( P < 0.01 ). Fever ( 89.8% ) and Cough ( 67.2% ) were common clinical symptoms. The rate of patients with sore throats (14.1%) was rare. The rate of chest computed tomography scan showing ground glass opacity in overall, non-severe, severe were 63.3%, 60.7%, 76.2%, respectively. However, no marked differences in fever, cough, sore throat between the two groups (all P > 0.05). Moreover, there were distinctly different of chest computed tomography scan showing ground glass opacity in severe group compared with non-severe group (P < 0.05).