The multifocal ground glass changes on chest CT scan were typical of viral pneumonia [Fig. 3]. If the disease continued to develop, the bilateral multiple lobular and subsegmental areas of consolidation would be found on chest CT scan [2, 21]. The lungs of aged patients showed more diffuse and extensive imaging than those of the younger patients [20]. Fig. 3 The multifocal ground glass changes on chest CT scan were typical of viral pneumonia in one infected 2019-nCoV patients. a shadow in right upper lobe; b shadow in bilateral lobe; c shadow in left lower lobe