Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Xingtai City

Figure 1

Decrease in the number of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding events in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, China, before and after the start of lockdown during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The weekly gastroscopy volumes for different bleeding causes are shown. The lockdown was initiated on February 1, 2020. Blue bars: total weekly number of UGIB events; green bars: peptic ulcer bleeding; yellow bars: variceal bleeding. Dashed lines correspond to the initiation of lockdown. Abbreviations: COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; UGIB: upper gastrointestinal bleeding.