Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants children and adolescents (less than 19 years) suspected with COVID-19 infection—Sudan 2020-2021 (n = 3150).

Background Characteristics	n	(%)
Age	<1 year	79	2.5
	1–4 years	88	2.8
	5–9 years	278	8.8
	10–14 years	593	18.8
	15 and over	2112	67.1
Gender	Male	1635	51.9
	Female	1515	48.1
Result of PCR	Negative	1809	57.4
	Positive	1341	42.6
Present of symptoms	Symptomatic	1385	44.0
	Asymptomatic	1765	56.0
* Clinical Presentation
	Fever	866	27.5
	Cough	735	23.3
	Shortness of breath	393	12.5
	Sore throat	581	18.4
	Headache	658	20.9
	Loss of smell and taste	159	5.0
	joint pain	100	3.2
	Muscle pain	106	3.4
	Back pain	16	0.5
	Fatigue	130	4.1
	Vomiting	14	0.4
	Diarrheal	66	2.1
	Nausea	08	0.3
	Unconsciousness	04	0.1
	Runny Nose	104	3.3
	loss of appetite	05	0.2

* as each case may have more than one presenting symptoms, symptoms adds up to more than N (3150).