Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 positive hospital admissions among children in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We describe epidemiology and outcomes of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and positive admissions among children <18 years in South Africa, an upper-middle income setting with high inequality.

Methods

Laboratory and hospital COVID-19 surveillance data, 28 January - 19 September 2020 was used. Testing rates were calculated as number of tested for SARS-CoV-2 divided by population at risk; test positivity rates were calculated as positive tests divided by total number of tests. In-hospital case fatality ratio (CFR) was calculated based on hospitalized positive admissions with outcome data who died in-hospital and whose death was judged SARS-CoV-2 related by attending physician.

Findings

315 570 children aged <18 years were tested for SARS-CoV-2; representing 8

SUBMITTER: Kufa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature