Eurosurv. COVID-19 trends and severity among symptomatic children aged 0–17 years in 10 European Union countries, 3 August 2020 to 3 October 2021

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• Nick Bundle[SUP]1[/SUP] , Nishi Dave[SUP]1[/SUP] , Anastasia Pharris[SUP]1[/SUP] , Gianfranco Spiteri[SUP]1[/SUP] , Charlotte Deogan[SUP]1[/SUP] , Jonathan E Suk[SUP]1[/SUP] , Study group members[SUP]2[/SUP]

We estimated risks of severe outcomes in 820,404 symptomatic paediatric COVID-19 cases reported by 10 European Union countries between August 2020 and October 2021. Case and hospitalisation rates rose as transmission increased but severe outcomes were rare: 9,611 (1.2%) were hospitalised, 640 (0.08%) required intensive care and 84 (0.01%) died. Despite increased individual risk (adjusted odds ratio hospitalisation: 7.3; 95% confidence interval: 3.3–16.2; intensive care: 8.7; 6.2–12.3) in cases with comorbidities, most (83.7%) hospitalised children had no comorbidity.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101098

 

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