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The aim of the present study was to explore the predictive value of lung ultrasound score for mortality in patients with COVID-19.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Patients with COVID-19 who underwent lung ultrasound were prospectively enrolled from three hospitals in Wuhan, China between February 2020 and March 2020. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected from digital patient records. Lung ultrasound scores were analyzed offline by two observers. Primary outcome was in-hospital mortality.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Of the 402 patients, 318 (79.1%) had abnormal lung ultrasound. Compared with survivors (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 360), non-survivors (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 42) presented with more B2 lines, pleural line abnormalities, pulmonary consolidation, and pleural effusion (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Moreover, non-survivors had higher global and anterolateral lung ultrasound score than survivors. In the receiver operating characteristic analysis, areas under the curve were 0.936 and 0.913 for global and anterolateral lung ultrasound score, respectively. A cutoff value of 15 for global lung ultrasound score had a sensitivity of 92.9% and specificity of 85.3%, and 9 for anterolateral score had a sensitivity of 88.1% and specificity of 83.3% for prediction of death. Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis showed that both global and anterolateral scores were strong predictors of death (both <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that global lung ultrasound score was an independent predictor (hazard ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval, 1.01\u20131.16; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.03) of death together with age, male sex, C-reactive protein, and creatine kinase-myocardial band.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Lung ultrasound score as a semiquantitative tool can be easily measured by bedside lung ultrasound. 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