Open Access BASE2021

COVID-19 trends and severity among symptomatic children aged 0–17 years in 10 European Union countries, 3 August 2020 to 3 October 2021

Bundle, Nick; Dave, Nishi; Pharris, Anastasia; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Deogan, Charlotte; Suk, Jonathan E; Soteriou, Soteroulla; Papandreou, Anna; Silvestros, Valentinos; Athanasiadou, Maria; Kyprianou, Theopisti; Demetriou, Anna; Helve, Otto; Sarvikivi, Emmi; Buda, Silke; Hauer, Barbara; Haas, Walter; Wolff, Thorsten; Colgan, Aoife; O'Donnell, Kate; Bella, Antonino; Mossong, Joël; Vergison, Anne

Open Access

Abstract

We estimated risks of severe outcomes in 820,404 symptomatic paediatric COVID-19 cases reported by 10 European Union countries between August 2020 and October 2021. Case and hospitalisation rates rose as transmission increased but severe outcomes were rare: 9,611 (1.2%) were hospitalised, 640 (0.08%) required intensive care and 84 (0.01%) died. Despite increased individual risk (adjusted odds ratio hospitalisation: 7.3; 95% confidence interval: 3.3–16.2; intensive care: 8.7; 6.2–12.3) in cases with comorbidities, most (83.7%) hospitalised children had no comorbidity.

Themen

Rapid Communication

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

DOI

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101098

ExportierenEin Problem melden

Problem melden

Wenn Sie Probleme mit dem Zugriff auf einen gefundenen Titel haben, können Sie sich über dieses Formular gern an uns wenden. Schreiben Sie uns hierüber auch gern, wenn Ihnen Fehler in der Titelanzeige aufgefallen sind.