First and second waves of coronavirus disease-19: A comparative study in hospitalized patients in Reus, Spain.

ABSTRACT: Many countries have seen a two-wave pattern in reported cases of coronavirus disease-19 during the 2020 pandemic, with a first wave during spring followed by the current second wave in late summer and autumn. Empirical data show that the characteristics of the effects of the virus do vary between the two periods. Differences in age range and severity of the disease have been reported, although the comparative characteristics of the two waves still remain largely unknown. Those characteristics are compared in this study using data from two equal periods of 3 and a half months. The first period, between 15th March and 30th June, corresponding to the entire first wave, and the second, between 1st July and 15th October, corresponding to part of the second wave, still present at the time of wri

SUBMITTER: Iftimie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011765 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature