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. 2022 Jul 18;12(7):e055643. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055643

Table 5.

Median attack rates of workplace outbreaks by sector in England, May–October 2020

Individual outbreaks Workplaces Attack rate
Sector Total cases Total sites Cases per site Number employed at outbreak sites Cases per 100 employed
Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR
Close contact services 22 6 3 2 16 10 16.5 6.7
Restaurants and caterers 49 14 4 2 38 94 10.3 14.2
Manufacturers and packers of non-food 270 29 8 7 122 269 6.7 11.1
No setting type assigned 99 15 4 6 56 112 5.4 9.9
Retailers 115 28 4 2 120 242 4.9 16.1
Offices 133 23 5 4 133 207 4.3 15.7
Manufacturers and packers of food 1384 79 7 12 423 641 2.3 7.0
First responders/military sites 44 15 3 2 113 422 2.1 4.0
Other 109 24 3 3 169 241 2.0 10.6
Warehouses 104 12 3 8 579 781 1.6 1.2
Distributors and transporters 193 16 4 9 650 693 1.2 4.7
Primary producers 127 3 3 61 * * * *
Total 2649 264 4 6 176 473 3.4 11.3

*The number of outbreak sites is too small to calculate.