Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador.

• Main Authors: Esteban Ortiz-Prado (Author), Katherine Simbaña-Rivera (Author), Lenin Gómez Barreno (Author), Ana Maria Diaz (Author), Alejandra Barreto (Author), Carla Moyano (Author), Vannesa Arcos (Author), Eduardo Vásconez-González (Author), Clara Paz (Author), Fernanda Simbaña-Guaycha (Author), Martin Molestina-Luzuriaga (Author), Raúl Fernández-Naranjo (Author), Javier Feijoo (Author), Aquiles R Henriquez-Trujillo (Author), Lila Adana (Author), Andrés López-Cortés (Author), Isabel Fletcher (Author), Rachel Lowe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly around the globe. Nevertheless, there is limited information describing the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Latin America. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 9,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ecuador. We calculated overall...