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[Preprint]. 2021 Oct 12:2021.02.12.21251659. Originally published 2021 Feb 16. [Version 2] doi: 10.1101/2021.02.12.21251659

Table 5.

Clinical and public health outcomes among persons with seroincident SARS-CoV-2, May 2020-January 2021

N %
Total 161 50%
Symptoms and clinical outcomes
 PCR confirmed diagnosis 43 26.7
 Asymptomatic * 45 28
 Mild (symptomatic, but didn’t seek care) 99 61.5
 Ever had COVID like illness* 114 70.8
 Nasal discharge, congestion or sneezing 100 62.1
 Cough/Cough up phlegm 75 46.6
 Cough up blood 0 0
 Sore throat 65 40.4
 Itchy eye or eye pain 53 32.9
 Shortness of breath or chest pain 32 19.9
 Stomachache, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting 67 41.6
 Rash 12 7.5
 Loss of smell 31 19.3
 Headache 89 55.3
 Fever, chills or repeated chills 44 27.3
 Myalgia 58 36
 Ever hospitalized 4 2.5
Public health outcomes and testing history
 Ever tested for COVID 97 60.3
 Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test 43 26.7
 Isolated from people outside household 47 29.2
 Isolated from people within household ** 28 17.4
 Quarantined after contact with COVID 31 19.3
 Asked about contacts after COVID diagnosis 31 19.3
 Told about contacts with COVID case 19 11.8
 Encouraged to get tested because of exposure to case 10 6.2
 Told to stay home for a period of time 8 5
*

Based on Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists case definition

**

Among those with others in the household