The median age of fatal cease was 69 years (range: 51-86 years). Thirty of them were male.
The diagnosis of COVID-19 was made based on the World Health Organization interim guidance.7 The diagnosis was confirmed by a positive result of real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay or high-throughput sequencing findings from nasal or pharyngeal swab specimens. By the cutoff time of January 31, 2020, a total of 2,007
cases diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were collected, and 417 cases were excluded because of incomplete
medical records.