COVID-19 in Portugal: a retrospective review of paediatric cases, hospital and PICU admissions in the first pandemic year.

Cecilia Elias Rodrigo Feteira-SantosCatarina CamarinhaMiguel A de Araújo Nobre Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Costa Leonor Bacelar-Nicolau Cristina Furtado Paulo Jorge Nogueira

Published in: BMJ paediatrics open (2022)

The overall reported case incidence was 5.4 per 100 children and adolescents and <1% of cases required hospital admission. MIS-C was more frequent in patients with no comorbidities and males. Mortality and case fatality rates were low. Geographic adapted strategies, and information systems to facilitate surveillance are required to improve surveillance data quality.

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