Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data on all paediatric and adult COVID-19 cases in NSW, Australia, from Jan 13 to May 1, 2020, including links to an educational setting as either a primary or secondary case
|
Sex |
Age group |
Existing medical condition | Hospitalisation | ICU admission | Total (rate per 100 000 population) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 0 to <5 years | 5 to <13 years | 13 to ≤18 years | 19 to ≤39 years | 40 to ≤59 years | ≥60 years | ||||||
| Paediatric cases | |||||||||||||
| Within school or ECEC | 13 (68%) | 6 (32%) | 9 (47%) | 3 (16%) | 7 (37%) | .. | .. | .. | 5 (26%) | 3 (16%) | 0 | 19 | |
| Primary case | 6 (50%) | 6 (50%) | 3 (25%) | 2 (17%) | 7 (58%) | .. | .. | .. | 4 (33%) | 3 (25%) | 0 | 12 | |
| Secondary case | 7 (100%) | 0 | 6 (86%) | 1 (14%) | 0 | .. | .. | .. | 1 (14%) | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Outside school or ECEC | 35 (44%) | 43 (55%) | 11 (14%) | 27 (34%) | 40 (51%) | .. | .. | .. | 9 (12%) | 6 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 78 | |
| All | 48 (49%) | 49 (51%) | 21 (21%) | 30 (31%) | 47 (48%) | .. | .. | .. | 14 (14%) | 9* (9%) | 1 (1%) | 97 (5) | |
| Adult cases | |||||||||||||
| Within school or ECEC | 1 (5%) | 21 (95%) | .. | .. | .. | 12 (55%) | 9 (41%) | 1 (5%) | 4 (18%) | 4 (18%) | 2 (9%) | 22 | |
| Primary case | 1 (7%) | 14 (93%) | .. | .. | .. | 8 (53%) | 6 (40%) | 1 (7%) | 3 (20%) | 2 (13%) | 0 | 15 | |
| Secondary case | 0 | 7 (100%) | .. | .. | .. | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) | 0 | 1 (14%) | 2 (29%) | 2 (29%) | 7 | |
| Outside school or ECEC | 1450 (50%) | 1463 (50%) | .. | .. | .. | 1156 (40%) | 821 (28%) | 937 (32%) | 849 (29%) | 296 (10%) | 75 (3%) | 2914 | |
| All | 1451 (49%) | 1484 (51%) | .. | .. | .. | 1168 (40%) | 830 (28%) | 938 (32%) | 853 (29%) | 300 (10%) | 77 (3%) | 2936 (47) | |
Data are n (%), unless otherwise stated. ECEC=early childhood education and care setting. ICU=intensive care unit. NSW=New South Wales.
Most were hospitalised early in the epidemic response for isolation purposes only and had mild symptoms.