Geographical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Case Series With COVID-19 Outbreaks Caused by Asymptomatic Carriers From June 2020 to January 2021 in China: A Narrative Research

With the COVID-19 epidemic quickly under control in China within the early months of 2020, importing the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the country now poses great challenges in epidemic control and prevention. Asymptomatic carriers play a critical role in the transmission of the virus and transmission on a large-scale poses enormous concern. We obtained data from new cluster outbreak regions with COVID-19 caused by asymptomatic carriers from June 2020 to January 2021, and reported the epidemiological characteristics, clinical data and the possible routes of viral transmission and infection. These results indicate the importance of regularly screening high-risk populations critical for epidemic control and provide the basis for suppressing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.