Short Review of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

There is a dangerous virus spread across the globe since the end of 2019. The virus’s name is Coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. COVID-19 is caused by one virus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2. An epidemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbroke in December 2019 in China, Wuhan, which is becoming a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As this entity has become one of the worst infectious disease outbreaks of recent times, with mortality estimates in general population ranging from 1.4% to 8%, it is crucial to better understand the prognostic factors which can be associated to the outcome of this disease. This paper provides the existing data of the literature of all the prognosis factors of COVID-19 infection such as older age, obesity, laboratory results and imaging features of COVID-19. Research methodology: This is a review paper. All the information was taken from the several review and guidelines published by CDC, WHO, NIH, etc. Conclusion: In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about human coronavirus causing COVID-19 infection.