Objective The clinical characteristics of patients with influenza A in district hospital were analyzed to provide scientific basis for early diagnosis, prevention and control of influenza A in primary hospital. Methods A total of 628 patients with influenza-like symptoms from Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital in December 2019 were enrolled, and the clinical data was collected, including gender, age, body temperature, symptoms, and blood test results. According to the result of influenza A nucleic acid detection, patients were divided into negative group and positive group, and the clinical data of these two groups were compared. Results A total of 116 patients were positive in influenza A virus nucleic acid detection, which positive rate was 18.5%. In the positive group, patients aged 14-19 accounted for the largest proportion, with 91 patients (78.4%). The mean age of the positive group was significantly lower than that of the negative group (P＜0.05). Body temperature ranged from 38.1 to 39 ℃ accounted for the largest proportion in the positive group, with 47 patients (46.5%). The mean body temperature of the positive group was significantly higher than that of the negative group (P＜0.01). In terms of symptoms, only the proportion of nasal congestion in positive group was higher than that in negative group (P＜0.05). In terms of blood test results, WBC count, neutrophil absolute value, lymphocyte absolute value and lymphocyte percentage in the positive group were significantly lower than those in the negative group (P＜0.01). Conclusions The majority of patients with influenza A in the winter of 2019 were teenagers, and it was difficult to distinguish influenza A from the common cold only by symptoms. The differential diagnosis should be carried out in combination with the blood routine analysis, especially the decrease in the white blood cell count, the absolute value of neutrophil and the absolute value of lymphocytes.