Thanks to Craig Wilson and FluTrackers for alerting me to this new report from the Wuhan Municipal Health Committee: About the new cases of pneumonia of new coronavirus infection in Wuhan. The Google translation, with my bolding:
On January 17, 2020, national and provincial experts screened some cases of unexplained pneumonia that were screened by community health service centers in the city, and found and treated in various hospitals, based on their clinical manifestations, epidemiological history, and optimization. The positive results of the novel coronavirus nucleic acid detected by the subsequent detection kit were comprehensively judged, and 17 cases of pneumonia cases with new coronavirus infection were newly identified.
Of the 17 patients, 12 were males and 5 were females; 9 were under 60 years of age, 8 were 60 years of age and older, the youngest was 30 years old and the oldest was 79 years old; the onset date was before January 13, 2020; first symptoms fever, cough, or fever with cough; 3 cases were severe, and the rest were stable. Except for 2 cases of severe illness, which were temporarily unsuitable for transfer, the remaining 15 cases had been transferred to Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital for centralized treatment.
The epidemiological investigation of 17 new cases is in-depth, and close contacts are also being tracked. In the next step, the city will continue to expand the search scope, identify suspected cases, and conduct sampling tests.
