College students represent a large group of people who frequently travel across regions, which increased their risk of infection and exacerbated the risk of COVID-19 spread throughout China. This study uses survey data from the end of April 2020 to analyze the status of COVID-19-infected cases, the group differences, and influencing factors in college students in Wuhan. The sample size was made up 4355 participants, including 70 COVID-19-infected students. We found that during the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, college students in Wuhan were primarily infected during off-campus events after winter break or infected in their hometowns after leaving Wuhan; the percentage of college students with severe cases was relatively low, and most had mild cases; however, a large proportion of asymptomatic cases may exist; there were significant group differences in gender, age and place of residence; and the risk of infection was closely related to the campus environment, in which the population density and number of faculty and students on campus had a significant impact. The results indicated that the infection of students did not occur at random, thus strengthening student health education and campus management can help curb the spread of COVID-19 among students.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, college students, infection status, time of disease onset, group differences, 【초록키워드】 Infection, Gender, Spread, China, Health, COVID-19 outbreak, management, Wuhan, Travel, Asymptomatic case, Mild, age, risk of infection, Factor, Participants, Sample size, help, Severe case, random, college, regions, risk of COVID-19, event, spread of COVID-19, proportion, indicated, exacerbated, occur, 【제목키워드】 China, Wuhan, student, college,