ABSTRACT
This article aimed to study the clinical characteristics of these patients admitted to Jianghan Fangcang shelter hospital, the largest Fangcang shelter hospital in Wuhan, China. It is worth highlighting that six patients had anosmia without nasal congestion as the initial symptom. At the time of discharge from the Fangcang shelter hospital, the findings on chest CT were alleviated in 95.5% (1241/1300) of the patients. However, only one patient had chest CT findings suggestive of disease progression. Symptomatic patients have higher CRP level and lower lymphocytes counts than asymptomatic patients, which might suggest that higher CRP level and lower lymphocytes counts were related to the severity of symptoms. However, CT characteristics were not statistically different between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, which might indicate that CT characteristics were not associated with the severity of symptoms in non-critical patients. In conclusion, patients with fever and anosmia but without nasal congestion are more likely to be suffering from COVID-19. Higher CRP level and lower lymphocytes counts might relate to the severity of symptoms, while CT abnormalities were not associated with the severity of symptoms in non-critical patients.