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. 2021 Jun 30;151:106597. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106597

Table 4.

Estimated number of subjects contacted COVID-19 and death associated with confirmatory colonoscopya

Time of screening delay
(2021–2022)
Subjects visit hospital for confirmatory colonoscopy Number of
COVID-19 case
Number of COVID-19 death
No delay (regular) 43218 735 15
0.5-year 32413 551 12
1.0-year 21609 367 8
1.5-year 10804 184 4
2.0-year 0 0
a

Risk of nosocomial COVID-19 infection rate: 1.7%; case-fatality rate of COVID-19: 2.1%.