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. 2022 Aug;28(8):1569–1577. doi: 10.3201/eid2808.220420

Table 2. COVID-19 cases associated with households or clusters during the third and fourth disease waves, Kyoto, Japan*.

Variables Third wave Fourth wave
Date 2020 Dec–2021 Feb 2021 Apr–May
Total no. cases (mean no./d) 4,592 (51.0) 4,181 (68.5)
Total no. (%) secondary cases among households 1,228 (26.7) 1,208 (28.9)
Total no. (%) cases associated with clusters 849 (18.5) 449 (10.7)
Median no. cases associated with each cluster (IQR) 11 (9–20.5) 7 (6–9)
Total no. clusters (mean no./day) 50 (0.56) 43 (0.70)
Median test positivity of each cluster, % (IQR)† 18 (9.7–37) 34 (15.6–66.3)

*IQR, interquartile range. †Calculated by using epidemiologic data available for 48 clusters in the third wave and 35 clusters in the fourth wave.