The epidemiological characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in Jingmen,Hubei,China

Qijun Gao; yingfu hu; zhiguo dai; Jing wu; Feng Xiao; Jing wang

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus detected on December 31, 2019, which was named 2019 coronavirus disease . [1] [2] [3] [4] Cases have surfaced in other Chinese cities, as well as other countries and regions. 5-7 The number of cases in Wuhan and other cities in China is on the rise. Since February 20, authorities have reported more than 70,000 confirmed cases and 2,122 deaths across all Chinese provinces. More than 26 countries or regions have reported confirmed cases. 8 With the number of confirmed cases increasing, the implementation of corresponding outbreak control policies began on January 23. By following these procedures, most cities have been controlled, except Wuhan; however, there have been outbreaks in countries outside China. 9 Some articles have reported the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in Wuhan 10-13 , but other cities have rarely been reported. Clinical manifestations do not vary widely, but the epidemiology may be different from region to region. We analyzed the epidemiology of 213 COVID-19 patients admitted to the First People's Hospital of Jingmen, which admitted all the confirmed patients within the municipal districts (not including county or county-level cities) of Jingmen, a city of Hubei about 250 miles away from Wuhan.