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. 2022 May 29;11(11):3074. doi: 10.3390/jcm11113074

Table 2.

Selected Characteristics of the 519 HCWs with a Laboratory-Confirmed Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

1st Wave March–August 2020 2nd Wave September–December 2020 3rd Wave January–August 2021 Chi-Square Test (p-Value) *
Sex n % n % n % 0.224
Female 24 71% 183 56% 97 61%
Male 10 29% 143 44% 62 39%
Total 34 100% 326 100% 159 100%
Job title n % n % n %
Doctors 20 59% 99 30% 38 24% <0.001
Nurses 11 32% 131 40% 60 38% 0.602
Technicians 1 3% 13 4% 11 7% 0.160
Administrative 0 0% 24 7% 22 14% 0.012
Other HCWs 2 6% 59 18% 28 18% 0.194
Total 34 100% 326 100% 159 100%
Age group n % n % n %
20–29 6 18% 52 16% 28 18% 0.903
30–39 9 26% 61 19% 27 17% 0.427
40–49 7 21% 62 19% 32 20% 0.876
50–59 8 24% 101 31% 50 31% 0.649
60–69 4 12% 50 15% 22 14% 0.790
Total 34 100% 326 100% 159 100%
Risk n % n % n % 0.390
High risk of infection Unit 7 21% 66 20% 24 15%
Low risk of infection Unit 27 79% 260 80% 135 85%
Total 34 100% 326 100% 159 100%

* p-value refers to the significance of the difference in the frequency of positives among columns.