A day-by-day breakdown of coronavirus symptoms shows how the disease, COVID-19, goes from bad to worse

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Chinese health officials report that the majority of cases of the new coronavirus are mild, but around 20 of patients have either severe cases of disease or become critically ill.

A fever is the most common symptom.

Here's how the symptoms progress day by day among typical patients.

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It starts with a fever. That's the most common symptom among patients who get the new coronavirus that has swept across China.

A recent study of nearly 140 patients at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University identified a typical pattern of symptoms associated with the virus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19. Around 99 of the patients developed a high temperature, while more than half experienced fatigue and a dry cough. About a third also experienced muscle pain and difficulty breathing. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderSee Also:Chinese researchers just confirmed that patients can transmit the coronavirus without showing symptoms. A woman passed it to 5 relatives.A crowd in Ukraine threw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to quarantineWhile the world focuses on the coronavirus, people in China with other illnesses may pay a price long after the outbreak ends

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