COVID-19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the severity and clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children during the 2021 New South Wales outbreak of the Delta variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Design, setting

Prospective cohort study in three metropolitan Sydney local health districts, 1 June - 31 October 2021.

Participants

Children under 16 years of age with positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test results admitted to hospital or managed by the Sydney Children's Hospital Network (SCHN) virtual care team.

Main outcome measures

Age-specific SARS-CoV-2 infection frequency, overall and separately for SCHN virtual and hospital patients; rates of medical and social reason admissions, intensive care admissions, and paediatr

SUBMITTER: Williams P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature