Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection outside Wuhan, China: a multicentre study

Numerous cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed worldwide. Herein, we report the epidemiological and clinical features of 478 confirmed cases from a multicenter study in four cities in China, excluding Wuhan. We enrolled 478 patients who were transferred by Emergency Medical Service to designated hospitals in four major cities including Beijing, Chongqing, Jinan and Nanning in China.