Median incubation period of COVID-19 is around 5 days

Objectives:
How long does the incubation period of COVID-19 last?Study design:
This review article included 8 studies.

Results and conclusions:   
The investigators found the corresponding mean of the incubation period of COVID-19 was 5.8 [95% CI = 5.0 to 6.7] days.
It should be noted that uncertainty increases towards the tail of the distribution: the pooled parameter estimates resulted in a median incubation period of 5.1 [95% CI = 4.5 to 5.8] days, whereas the 95th percentile was 11.7 [95% CI = 9.7 to 14.2] days.

The investigators concluded that the median incubation period of COVID-19 is around 5 days, whereas the 95th percentile is around 12 days.

Original title:
Incubation period of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of observational research by McAloon C, Collins A, […], More SJ.

Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32801208/

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