Abstract

A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) causing severe acute respiratory disease emerged recently in Wuhan, China. Information on reported cases strongly indicates human-to-human spread, and the most recent information is increasingly indicative of sustained human-to-human transmission. While the overall severity profile among cases may change as more mild cases are identified, we estimate a risk of fatality among hospitalised cases at 14% (95% confidence interval: 3.9–32%).

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EpidemiologyTransmission (telecommunications)Case fatality rateConfidence intervalCoronavirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)ChinaBetacoronavirusMedicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakEnvironmental healthPandemicDiseaseVirologyGeographyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakComputer science

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2020
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25
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3
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Peng Wu, Xinxin Hao, Eric H. Y. Lau et al. (2020). Real-time tentative assessment of the epidemiological characteristics of novel coronavirus infections in Wuhan, China, as at 22 January 2020. Eurosurveillance , 25 (3) . https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.3.2000044

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10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.3.2000044