Incidence of the new coronavirus infection in children based on outpatient data in Voronezh

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Background. The article analyzes the COVID-19 incidence in children managed in the pediatric outpatient department of the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1, summarizes and systematizes the data on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in children.

Aim. To study the COVID-19 incidence in the children of the pediatric outpatient department №2 of the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1 by age group and gender for 2020–2022.

Materials and methods. A retrospective epidemiological analysis was carried out at of the pediatric outpatient department №2 of the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1. The incidence of COVID-19 in children in 2020–2022 was studied on the basis of information from the register of infectious diseases (form 060/y). The study included all laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in children registered in the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1 for 2020–2022. Patients were divided into groups by age and gender to study the features of the course of the new coronavirus infection.

Results. There were no gender differences in the structure of COVID-19 incidence in 2020–2022, according to the data of the pediatric outpatient department №2 of the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1. COVID-19 was reported in all age groups; the lowest rate was in newborns (0.3%), the highest in children 10–14 years old (25.7%).

Conclusion. Six completed epidemic waves were observed in the study period, corresponding to all-Russian statistical data. There were no deaths reported in healthcare organizations for the study period.

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Olga A. Cherkasova

Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University

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Email: olgunya-lazareva@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2254-4135

Graduate Student

Russian Federation, Voronezh

Larisa V. Moshurova

Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University

Email: olgunya-lazareva@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0794-6002

Cand. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, Voronezh

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2. Fig. 1. Rate of COVID-19 in newborns.

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3. Fig. 2. Rate of COVID-19 in infancy.

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4. Fig. 3. Rate of COVID-19 in young children.

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5. Fig. 4. Rate of COVID-19 in children aged 4 to 6 years, inclusive.

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6. Fig. 5. Rate of COVID-19 in children aged 7 to 9 years, inclusive.

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7. Fig. 6. Rate of COVID-19 in children aged 10 to 14 years, inclusive.

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8. Fig. 7. Rate of COVID-19 in children aged 15 to 17 years, inclusive.

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9. Fig. 8. Incidence of new coronavirus infection in children registered in the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1 per 100 000 population (2020).

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10. Fig. 9. Incidence of new coronavirus infection in children registered in the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1 per 100 000 population (2021).

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11. Fig. 10. Incidence of new coronavirus infection in children registered in the Voronezh City Outpatient Clinic №1 per 100 000 population (2022).

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12. Fig. 11. The increase in incidence of COVID-19 in the Russian Federation according to the information of the Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe”.

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