Table 3.

Severity of Admissions for Injection-associated Infections, Comparing the 12 Months Before and After the Introduction of COVID-19 Public Health Responses

Variable		Before COVID-19: 23 March 2019–22 March 2020	During COVID-19: 23 March 2020–22 March 2021	P
Number of admissions, n (%)		6834 (100.0)	4714 (100.0)
Duration of admission (d)	Mean (SD)	4.8 (6.8)	4.1 (5.5)	<.001a
	Median (IQR)	3 (1–5)	2 (1–5)	<.001b
Died, n (%)		80 (1.2)	54 (1.1)	.97c
Invasive infections, n (%)		1326 (19.4)	936 (19.9)	.563c

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; IQR, interquartile range, SD, standard deviation.

^a t test.

^bWilcoxon signed-rank test.

^cχ² test.