Table 1. Demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of children with coronavirus disease 2019.
| Characteristics | No. of patients (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTC (n = 20) | BMC (n = 33) | Total (n = 53) | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 9 (45) | 13 (39) | 22 (42) | ||
| Age, yr | |||||
| Median (range) | 7 (0.9–13) | 4 (0–18) | 4 (0–18) | ||
| < 1 | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | ||
| ≥ 1 and < 5 | 6 (30) | 19 (58) | 25 (47) | ||
| ≥ 5 and < 10 | 8 (40) | 4 (12) | 12 (23) | ||
| ≥ 10 and < 19 | 5 (25) | 9 (27) | 14 (26) | ||
| Exposure route | |||||
| Household | 11 (55) | 18 (55) | 29 (55) | ||
| Relatives | 3 (15) | 4 (12) | 7 (13) | ||
| Imported | 1 (5) | 3 (9) | 4 (8) | ||
| Cluster-associated | 3 (15) | 5 (15) | 8 (15) | ||
| Other contact | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (10) | 2 (6) | 4 (8) | ||
| Caregiver during isolationa | |||||
| Father | 5 (31) | 8 (28) | 13 (29) | ||
| Mother | 10 (63) | 20 (69) | 30 (67) | ||
| Others | 1 (6) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | ||
| Caregiver during isolationb | |||||
| Infected | 9 (56) | 20 (71) | 29 (66) | ||
| Non-infected | 7 (44) | 8 (29) | 15 (34) | ||
Data are No. (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated.
RTC = residential treatment center, BMC = Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center.
a38 children with a single caregiver, five pairs of siblings with one of their parents, one pair with both parents; bOne non-infected mother who was co-located in the isolation room with three infected family members was excluded from the analysis.