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

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 5411 - 10
• Main Authors: Yang, Juan, Chen, Xinhua, Deng, Xiaowei, Chen, Zhiyuan, Gong, Hui, Yan, Han, Wu, Qianhui, Shi, Huilin, Lai, Shengjie, Ajelli, Marco, Viboud, Cecile, Yu, Prof Hongjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.10.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/596/4130; 692/308/174; 692/699/255/2514; Age Factors; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; China - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Fatalities; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Incidence; Influenza; multidisciplinary; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Public health; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Risk; SARS-CoV-2; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Severity of Illness Index; Viral diseases; China; Wuhan China

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China, where the initial wave of intense community transmissions was cut short by interventions. Using multiple data sources, here we estimate the disease burden and clinical severity by age of COVID-19 in Wuhan from December...