Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Disease burden and clinical severity of the first pandemic wave of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

  • Juan Yang,
  • Xinhua Chen,
  • Xiaowei Deng,
  • Zhiyuan Chen,
  • Hui Gong,
  • Han Yan,
  • Qianhui Wu,
  • Huilin Shi,
  • Shengjie Lai,
  • Marco Ajelli,
  • Cecile Viboud,
  • Prof Hongjie Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19238-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Here the authors analyze disease burden and clinical severity of COVID-19 during the first wave in Wuhan, China in comparison to past influenza virus pandemics and COVID-19 in the US and Canada. These estimates of symptomatic cases, medical consultations, hospitalizations and deaths should guide preparedness for this disease.