Table 4. Clinical characteristics of 12 patients with coronavirus disease transferred from community treatment centers to a hospital, South Korea*.

Age, y/sex	Center	Underlying conditions	Reason for transfer	Symptoms and signs suggesting pneumonia at transfer			No. days from admission to transfer
				Fever, temperature ≥37.5°C	Desaturation, SpO2 <95	Abnormal findings on chest radiograph
56/F	Gimje	No	Dyspnea	No	No	NA	1
42/F	Gimje	No	Cough, chest tightness	No	No	NA	2
42/M	Gimje	No	Purulent otorrhea	No	No	NA	3
45/M	Gimje	No	Dyspnea	No	No	NA	6
38/F	Gimje		Personal issue†	No	No	NA	10
27/M	Gyeongju	Schizophrenia	Aggravation of schizophrenia	No	No	NA	14
65/F	Gyeongju	Hypertension	Fever	Yes	No	Yes	2
58/M	Gyeongju	Diabetes mellitus, hypertension	Dyspnea	No	Yes	NA	2
2/F	Gyeongju	No	Need for special care‡	No	No	NA	2
33/F	Gyeongju	No	Need for special care§	No	No	NA	7
61/F	Jecheon	No	Dyspnea	No	No	Yes	3
65/M	Jecheon	No	Dyspnea, pleuritic pain	No	No	Yes	1

*NA, not applicable.
†Patient’s child admitted to hospital with confirmed coronavirus disease during her admission; she asked to transfer to the hospital where her child was admitted.
‡Patient too young to be in the center without parents.
§Patient 9 weeks pregnant at admission.