id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314851-de6kyjup Chen, Peng Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 136 cases of COVID-19 in main district of Chongqing 2020-04-29 .txt text/plain 2665 151 56 BACKGROUND: We did a comprehensive exploration of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 136 patients with confirmed COVID-19 in main district of Chongqing which was adjacent to the west of Hubei province. The time from contact symptomatic case to illness was 7.7 days, and 88 patients (64.7%) were cluster cases, radiological evidence found bilateral lung involvement was common (57.4%).Compared with the imported cases, the local cases were significantly older, the proportion of men is lower. We conducted a statistical comparison of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported cases and local cases in main district of Chongqing, hoping to provide guidance in preventing local epidemics, and to provide a reference for the development of prevention and control measures in other provinces and regions. This research provided epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 136 confirmed COVID-19 patients in main district of Chongqing. ./cache/cord-314851-de6kyjup.txt ./txt/cord-314851-de6kyjup.txt