Table 1. Summarization of the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 in percentage based on the clinical investigations of eight research teams.
Symptoms |
Research groups |
Mean of percentage |
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Guan et al. (2020) [37] |
Tao et al. (2020) [32] |
D. Wang et al. (2020) [39] |
N. Chen et al. (2020) [40] |
Song et al. (2020) [41] |
Huang et al. (2020) [42] |
Lei et al. (2020) [43] |
Chang et al. (2020) [44] |
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Fever |
87.9% |
91% |
98.6% |
83% |
96% |
98% |
97% |
- |
81.44% |
Cough |
67.7% |
68% |
59.4% |
82% |
47% |
76% |
72% |
46.2% |
64.79% |
Dyspnea |
18.6% |
44% |
31.2% |
31% |
14% |
55% |
59% |
- |
31.6% |
Fatigue |
38.1% |
50% |
69.6% |
- |
31% |
- |
41% |
- |
28.71% |
Myalgia/ Arthralgia |
14.8% |
22% |
34.8% |
11% |
31% |
44% |
41% |
23.1% |
27.71% |
Sputum production |
33.4% |
30% |
- |
- |
20% |
28% |
- |
- |
13.93% |
Headache |
13.6 % |
11% |
6.5% |
8 % |
16% |
8% |
7% |
23.1% |
11.65% |
Diarrhea |
3.7 % |
28% |
10.1% |
2% |
10% |
3% |
14% |
7.7% |
9.81% |
Nasal congestion |
4.8% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
61.5% |
8.29% |
Dizziness |
- |
8% |
9.4% |
31% |
16% |
- |
- |
- |
8.05% |
Anorexia |
- |
24% |
39.9% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7.99% |
Chest tightness |
- |
38% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4.75% |
Nausea |
5% |
9% |
10.1% |
1% |
6% |
|
|
|
3.89% |
Sore throat |
13.9% |
- |
- |
5 % |
6% |
- |
- |
- |
3.11% |
Runny Nose/ Rhinorrhea |
- |
- |
- |
4% |
10% |
- |
- |
7.7% |
2.71% |
Loss of appetite |
- |
- |
- |
- |
18% |
- |
- |
- |
2.25% |
Vomiting |
5% |
- |
3.6% |
1% |
6% |
- |
- |
- |
1.95% |
Hemoptysis |
0.9% |
3% |
- |
- |
- |
8% |
- |
- |
1.49% |
Chills |
11.4% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1.43% |
Abdominal Pain |
- |
7% |
2.2% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1.15% |
Pharyngalgia |
- |
4% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.5% |
Chest pain |
- |
- |
- |
2% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.25% |
Conjunctival congestion |
0.8% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.1% |