Epidemiological characteristics of 1212 COVID-19 patients in Henan, China

Pei Wang; Junan Lu; Yanyu Jin; Mengfan Zhu; Lingling Wang; Shunjie Chen

As a double-side sword, modern traffic and communication technologies greatly shortage the distances among people and provide convenience for human beings, however, they also facilitate the rapidly and widely spreading of epidemic diseases or rumors [12] . Since January 23, Wuhan has taken strict measures to close the city, and many other places have adopted various measures in succession to prevent the spreading of COVID-19, such as blocking traffic and putting suspicious ones in quarantine. After the outbreak of COVID-19, researchers have paid great efforts on the investigations of COVID-19, including its control and prediction [1] - [18] . Initial investigations pointed out that bats are mostly the source of the virus [3] , and Manis pentadactyla is a potential intermediate host of . The related investigations have great implications on the prevention, control and vaccine development [20] - [30] . Some recent publications have reported the epidemiological and clinical features of patients with COVID-19 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] . To prevent the spreading of COVID-19, the centers for disease control and prevention (CDCs) of many provinces have timely released the data of confirmed cases, which facilitate us to explore the epidemiological and statistical characteristics of patients with COVID-19, and to understand the current situation and characteristics of the epidemic.