Table 2. COVID-19 Testing and Hospital Outcomes of Children Between January 24 and October 31 (for Hospital Data) and November 30, 2020 (for Testing Data)a.
| Outcome | Total population | Tested positive | Hospital contact | Hospital admission | ICU admission | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <36 h | ≥36 h | Total admissions | |||||
| Total population | 2 576 353 | 26 322 (1.0) | 1853 (0.07) | 184 (0.007) | 159 (0.006) | 343 (0.01) | 73 (0.002) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 1 318 747 | 12 959 (1.0) | 934 (0.07) | 109 (0.008) | 83 (0.006) | 192 (0.01) | 45 (0.003) |
| Female | 1 257 606 | 13 363 (1.1) | 919 (0.07) | 75 (0.006) | 76 (0.006) | 151 (0.01) | 28 (0.002) |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 14 (9-17) | 13 (7-16) | 3 (1-12) | 8 (1-15) | 5 (1-13) | 4 (0-12) | |
| Age categories | |||||||
| 0-<3 mo | 61 116 | 330 (0.53) | 96 (0.15) | 35 (0.06) | 30 (0.05) | 65 (0.1) | 22 (0.03) |
| 3-12 mo | 130 110 | 580 (0.44) | 113 (0.09) | 36 (0.03) | 18 (0.01) | 54 (0.04) | 6 (0.005) |
| 2-5 y | 557 318 | 2334 (0.42) | 204 (0.04) | 39 (0.007) | 21 (0.004) | 60 (0.01) | 12 (0.002) |
| 6-10 y | 725 819 | 4750 (0.65) | 318 (0.04) | 22 (0.003) | 26 (0.004) | 48 (0.006) | 12 (0.002) |
| 11-15 y | 707 095 | 9000 (1.27) | 535 (0.08) | 28 (0.004) | 33 (0.005) | 61 (0.009) | 15 (0.002) |
| 16-18 y | 394 895 | 9328 (2.36) | 587 (0.15) | 24 (0.006) | 31 (0.008) | 55 (0.01) | 6 (0.002) |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 1 311 041 | 13 043 (1.0) | 839 (0.06) | 62 (0.004) | 63 (0.004) | 125 (0.009) | 24 (0.002) |
| Asian | 243 545 | 3576 (1.47) | 236 (0.09) | 24 (0.01) | 23 (0.009) | 47 (0.02) | 15 (0.006) |
| Black | 93 620 | 601 (0.64) | 67 (0.07) | 10 (0.01) | 10 (0.01) | 20 (0.02) | 5 (0.005) |
| Mixed/other | 147 529 | 1197 (0.81) | 108 (0.07) | 11 (0.007) | 19 (0.01) | 30 (0.02) | 6 (0.004) |
| Townsend deprivation quintile | |||||||
| 1 (Least deprived) | 527 452 | 6239 (1.0) | 433 (0.08) | 30 (0.005) | 17 (0.003) | 47 (0.009) | 7 (0.001) |
| 2 | 547 532 | 5762 (1.1) | 395 (0.07) | 31 (0.006) | 23 (0.004) | 54 (0.01) | 10 (0.002) |
| 3 | 542 116 | 5562 (1.0) | 408 (0.08) | 44 (0.008) | 29 (0.005) | 73 (0.01) | 17 (0.003) |
| 4 | 509 671 | 4916 (1.0) | 326 (0.06) | 38 (0.007) | 37 (0.007) | 75 (0.01) | 12 (0.002) |
| 5 (Most deprived) | 429 060 | 3694 (0.86) | 271 (0.06) | 41 (0.009) | 51 (0.01) | 92 (0.02) | 26 (0.006) |
| Household size (No. of people) | |||||||
| 2 | 383 616 | 3427 (0.90) | 257 (0.07) | 33 (0.009) | 27 (0.007) | 60 (0.02) | 9 (0.002) |
| 3-5 | 1 549 068 | 16 760 (1.12) | 1156 (0.07) | 93 (0.006) | 75 (0.005) | 168 (0.01) | 38 (0.002) |
| 6-9 | 246 764 | 2739 (1.83) | 160 (0.06) | 14 (0.006) | 25 (0.01) | 39 (0.02) | 6 (0.002) |
| ≥10 | 35 396 | 573 (1.61) | 42 (2.3) | <5b | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| No relevant comorbidities | 2 348 326 | 22 747 (1.0) | 1584 (0.07) | 288 (0.01) | 157 (0.007) | 131 (0.006) | 55 (0.002) |
| Asthma | 183 089 | 2962 (1.6) | 188 (0.1) | 15 (0.008) | 10 (0.005) | 25 (0.01) | <5 |
| Diabetes (type 1) | 4916 | 98 (2.0) | 16 (0.3) | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| Cerebral palsy | 3927 | 57 (1.5) | 13 (0.3) | <5 | <5 | 7 (0.2) | 5 (0.1) |
| Epilepsy | 12 972 | 205 (1.6) | 35 (0.3) | 5 (0.04) | 7 (0.05) | 12 (0.09) | 5 (0.04) |
| Congenital heart disease | 21 523 | 244 (1.1) | 28 (0.1) | <5 | <5 | 7 (0.03) | 5 (0.02) |
| Sickle cell disease | 1600 | 9 (0.6) | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Data are presented as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Values less than 5 were suppressed to maintain confidentiality.