Table 1.
Sample size of the population tested and infected by SARS-CoV-2 by age groups and COVID-19 waves
| Age (years) | Population tested (n) |
Population infected (n) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1st wave
|
Interwave period
|
2nd wave
|
1st wave
|
Interwave period
|
2nd wave
|
| 20-39 |
77 688 |
150 732 |
801 731 |
28 779 (37.0%)* |
45 335 (30.0%) |
199 601 (24.9%) |
| 40-59 |
81 752 |
134 459 |
678 177 |
35 420 (43.3%) |
45 642 (33.9%) |
188 223 (27.8%) |
| 60-79 |
29 622 |
47 742 |
224 981 |
15 925 (53.8%) |
18 662 (39.0%) |
74 880 (33.3%) |
| 80 |
4517 |
5706 |
23 049 |
2365 (52.4%) |
2476 (43.4%) |
9386 (40.7%) |
| Total | 193 579 | 338 639 | 1 727 938 | 82 489 (42.6%) | 112 115 (33.1%) | 472 090 (27.3%) |
*The percentages show the proportion of infected subjects divided by the total number of subjects tested in each age group and period.