Clinical characteristics and reasons of different duration from onset to release from quarantine for patients with COVID-19 Outside Hubei province, China.

Suochen Tian; Zhenqin Chang; Yunxia Wang; Min Wu; Wenming Zhang; Guijie Zhou; Xiuli Zou; Hui Tian; Tingfang Xiao; Junmin Xing; Juan Chen; Jian Han; Kang Ning; Tiejun Wu

Most of the COVID-19 cases in Liaocheng city are mild and moderate. The main cause of infection is exposure to a confirmed patient or the workplace of a confirmed patient. The main clinical symptoms are cough, fever and fatigue, but shortness of breath, sore throat and gastrointestinal symptoms are also common. Chest CT scan showing pneumonia and reduced lymphocyte count are the most important adjunctive examination. The duration released from quarantine was related to age, the length of time from onset to admission, the presence or absence of symptoms, and was not related to mild or normal type. There was no significant improvement in white blood cell and lymphocyte counts at the time of release from quarantine compared to the time of All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.