Results
The
trend of COVID-19 in Wuhan city and Hubei Province
As of March 26, 2020, the cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases are 50,006
in Wuhan and 67,801 in Hubei. The cumulative confirmed cases and death
toll in Wuhan accounted for 73.75% and 79.87% of that in Hubei,
respectively. Thus the curve of Wuhan is similar to that of Hubei
(Figure 3). The daily number of new confirmed cases significantly
increased between Jan 21 and Feb 4, 2020, then plateaued between
February 4 and February 11. A peak of 14,840 daily increment in Hubei
was reported on February 12. The daily number of new confirmed cases
continued to decrease in recent days. On March 26, 2020, the daily new
confirmed cases was 0 in Hubei. In terms of death, the death toll
increment in Hubei peaked and plateaued between February 12 and February
23, and dropped markedly later. Recently the daily new deaths were less
than 10 in nationwide. The number of severe pneumonia cases in Hubei
continued to decrease significantly. The case fatality ratio (CFR) was
5.07% in Wuhan and 4.68% in Hubei.