Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases, Salt Lake County, Utah, March–May 2020

	People experiencing homelessness N = 169		General population N = 163
Demographics
Median age in years (range)	48 (4–89)	42 (15–93)
	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	159	94.1	76	46.6
Female	10	5.9	87	53.4
Race
White	107	63.3	122	74.8
African American or Black	20	11.8	4	2.5
Asian	1	0.6	5	3.1
American Indian/Alaska native	5	3.0	1	0.6
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	4	2.4	4	2.5
Other*	9	5.3	24	14.7
Unknown	23	13.6	3	1.8
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	35	20.7	65	39.9
Non-Hispanic/Latino	111	65.7	89	54.6
Unknown	23	13.6	9	5.5
Comorbidities (reported at least 1)
Yes	11	6.5	39	23.9
No	21	12.4	61	37.4
Unknown	137	81.1	63	38.7
Smoking status
Current	10	5.9	4	2.5
Former	0	0	8	4.9
Never	21	12.4	71	43.6
Unknown	138	81.7	80	49.1
Symptoms
Yes	65	38.5	162	99.4
No	62	36.7	1	0.6
Unknown	42	24.9	0	0
Symptoms Documented (if Yes)†
Cough	39	60.0	116	71.6
Shortness of breath	23	35.4	72	44.4
Muscle aches	19	29.2	93	57.4
Chills	17	26.2	81	50.0
Subjective fever (felt feverish)	16	24.6	88	54.3
Runny nose	16	24.6	53	32.7
Sore throat	14	21.5	63	38.9
Headache	13	20.0	88	54.3
Nausea or vomiting	13	20.0	38	23.5
Diarrhea	10	15.4	45	27.8
Fever>100.4 (38C)	9	13.8	76	46.9
Loss of taste	9	13.8	58	35.8
Loss of smell	8	12.3	62	38.3
Abdominal pain	5	7.7	21	13.0
Other	21	32.3	58	35.8
Hospitalized
Yes	23	13.6	17	10.4
Symptomatic	19	29.2	17	10.5
No	145	85.8	146	89.6
Unknown	1	0.6	0	0
Died
Yes	2	1.2	2	1.2
Symptomatic	2	3.1	2	1.2
No	167	98.8	161	98.8

Total for column is not 100 percent because of multiple choices.

^⁎Other is an option in EpiTrax, however, there is not an associated specify field.