Retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 among children in Fulton County, Georgia, March 2020-June 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe case rates, testing rates and percent positivity of COVID-19 among children aged 0-18 years by school-age grouping.

Design

We abstracted data from Georgia's State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System on all 10 437 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases among children aged 0-18 years during 30 March 2020 to 6 June 2021. We examined case rates, testing rates and percent positivity by school-aged groupings, namely: preschool (0-4 years), elementary school (5-10 years), middle school (11-13 years), and high school (14-18 years) and compared these data among school-aged children with those in the adult population (19 years and older).

Setting

Fulton County, Georgia.

Main outcome measures

COVID-19 case rates, testing rates and percent

SUBMITTER: Barrera CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671844 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature