TABLE. Number and percentage of COVID-19 cases (N = 46) associated with a local bar opening event, by demographic and clinical characteristics — Illinois, February 2021.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar attendee cases (N = 29) | Secondary cases |
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| Total (N = 17) | Household contacts (n = 12) | Long-term care facility contacts (n = 3) | School-related contacts (n = 2) | ||
|
Classification
| |||||
| Bar employee |
3 (10.3) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Bar patron |
26 (89.7) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Adult household contact |
NA |
7 (41.2) |
7 (58.3) |
NA |
NA |
| School-aged child (aged 10–16 yrs) contact |
NA |
7 (41.2) |
5 (41.7) |
NA |
2 (100) |
| LTCF staff member contact |
NA |
1 (5.9) |
NA |
1 (33.3) |
NA |
| LTCF resident contact |
NA |
2 (11.8) |
NA |
2 (66.7) |
NA |
|
Case status
| |||||
| Symptomatic confirmed* |
24 (82.8) |
13 (76.5) |
11 (91.7) |
1 (33.3) |
1 (50.0) |
| Symptomatic probable† |
1 (3.4) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| Asymptomatic confirmed§ |
4 (13.8) |
4 (23.5) |
1 (8.3) |
2 (66.7) |
1 (50.0) |
| Hospitalized¶ |
0 (—) |
1 (5.9) |
0 (—) |
1 (33.3) |
0 (—) |
|
Age group, yrs
| |||||
| <18 |
0 (—) |
7 (41.2) |
5 (41.7) |
0 (—) |
2 (100) |
| 18–44 |
22 (75.9) |
4 (23.5) |
3 (25.0) |
1 (33.3) |
0 (—) |
| 45–54 |
5 (17.2) |
1 (5.9) |
1 (8.3) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| 55–64 |
2 (6.9) |
3 (17.6) |
3 (25.0) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| ≥65 |
0 (—) |
2 (11.8) |
0 (—) |
2 (66.7) |
0 (—) |
|
Sex
| |||||
| Male |
19 (65.5) |
8 (47.1) |
5 (41.7) |
1 (33.3) |
2 (100) |
| Female |
10 (34.5) |
9 (52.9) |
7 (58.3) |
2 (66.7) |
0 (—) |
|
Race/Ethnicity** | |||||
| Hispanic/Latino |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| White, non-Hispanic |
23 (79.3) |
16 (94.1) |
12 (100) |
2 (66.7) |
2 (100) |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| Multiracial/Other race |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
| Unknown | 6 (20.7) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (—) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (—) |
Abbreviations: LTCF = long-term care facility; NA = not applicable; NAAT = nucleic acid amplification test.
* Positive NAAT or antigen test result received by a symptomatic person.
† COVID-19–like symptoms in a person with an epidemiologic link to the bar opening event but no laboratory confirmation of infection.
§ Positive NAAT or antigen test result received by an asymptomatic person.
¶ Hospitalized within 14 days of the positive SARS-CoV-2 test result.
** Persons for whom ethnicity was missing or ethnicity was reported but race was missing were categorized as having unknown race/ethnicity.