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All data including epidemiological, clinical characteristics, laboratory results, and images were collected and analyzed when they were administrated for the first time. All patients were divided into two groups. There were 106 severe\/critical patients and 12 common ones. A total of 38 of the patients were women. The mean age was 50.5 \u00b1 11.5 years. Overall, 80 patients had a history of exposure. The median time from onset of symptoms to administration was 8.0 days. The main symptoms included fever, cough, anorexia, fatigue, myalgia, headaches, and chills. Lymphocytes and platelets decreased and lactate dehydrogenase increased with increased diseased severity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Calcium and chloride ions were decreased more significantly in severe\/critical patients than in common ones (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The main comorbidities were diabetes, chronic cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease, which occurred in 47 patients. In all 69 patients had respiratory failure, which is the most common SARS-CoV-2 complication, and liver dysfunction presented in 37 patients. Nine patients received mechanical ventilation therapy. One patient received continuous blood purification and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (EMCO) treatments. The average stay was 18.1 \u00b1 10.8 days. Four patients died. The median of the radiographic score was four in common, and five in the severe\/critical illness, which was a significant difference between the two groups. The radiographic score was in negative correlation with OI (\u03c1 = \u22120.467, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). The OI in severe\/critically ill cases decreased significantly as the disease progressed, which was related to the lesion area in the left lung and right lungs (\u03c1 = 0.688, <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic> = 0.733). OI, the lesion area in the left lung and right lungs, lymphocytes, etc. were associated with different degrees of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The lesion area in both lungs were possible predictive factors for severe\/critical cases. Patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia showed obvious clinical manifestations and laboratory result changes. 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