en General گزارش مختصر Brief Report <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As the epidemic spreads, COVID-19 poses a severe threat to the health of communities. Description of epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 patients helps with the prevention and scientific control of the pandemic. This descriptive study was conducted to describe the clinical, demographic, and epidemiological characteristics of 65 patients suspected of having COVID-19. A research-made questionnaire was used for data collection. Moreover, the patient&#39;s vital signs were examined. The samples were classified into the two groups of subjects with positive and negative RT-PCR test. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of data. The most common manifestations were fever, shortness of breath, and dry cough. Moreover, the lowest proportion belonged to Rh-negative in all ABO blood groups. The patients were mainly male, about 44 years old, and their first and most common manifestations were fever, shortness of breath, and dry cough. In vital signs examination, reduction of blood oxygen saturation was the most important finding. Health centers need to consider these signs in treating COVID-19 patients.</span></span></div> PCR,Epidemiology,COVID-19 0 0 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-196&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Behzad Shahi 10031947532846005351 10031947532846005351 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical sciences, Zahedan, Iran Faeze Kazemi sh79316@yahoo.com 10031947532846005352 10031947532846005352 Yes Health Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Shahaboddin Mashaei 10031947532846005353 10031947532846005353 No Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Bu Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Mahdi Foroughian 10031947532846005354 10031947532846005354 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Maryam Ziaei 10031947532846005355 10031947532846005355 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Shaghayegh Rahmani 10031947532846005356 10031947532846005356 No Innovated Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran