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. 2020 Aug 3;4(11):807–816. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30251-0

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.

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Most were hospitalised early in the epidemic response for isolation purposes only and had mild symptoms.