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

• DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.21.20026112
• Publication Date: 2020-02-24T09:35:19Z
• Authors: Pei Wang; Jun-an Lu; Yanyu Jin; Mengfan Zhu; Lingling Wang; Shunjie Chen
• Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Statistical Analysis

Abstract Based on publicly released data for 1212 patients, we investigated the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Henan China. The following findings are obtained: 1) patients show gender (55% vs 45%) and age (81% aged between 21 60) preferences, possible causes were explored; 2) Statistical analysis 483 reveals that estimated average, mode median incubation periods 7.4, 4 7 days; Incubation 92% no more than 14 3) epidemic has undergone three stages showed high correlations with numbers recently return from Wuhan; 4) Network aggregate outbreak phenomena revealed 208 cases clustering infected, various people’s Hospital main force treating patients. related investigations have potential implications prevention control COVID-19.