Excess Mortality in California During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, March to August 2020
Yea‐Hung Chen, M. Maria Glymour, Ralph Catalano, Alicia Fernández, Tung T. Nguyen, Margot Kushel, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo
Abstract
from COVID-19 with 2 negative RT-PCR test results 24 hours apart. At a mean of 48.6 days from their date of diagnosis, 32 patients (18.2%) had a positive PCR test result for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Using a specialized assay, only 1 of these 32 patients (3.1%) had evidence of RNA capable of replication. Although this study cannot solve the challenge of interpreting positive PCR results in recovered patients, the data help us to better understand the scope of the problem.
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MedicinePandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Excess mortalityPopulationCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsDemographyBetacoronavirusDiseaseEnvironmental healthVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakInternal medicineSociologyCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth disparities and outcomes