COVID-19 in Children of Different Ages

Purpose of the study: Study the course of COVID-19 in children of different ages.

Methodology: Children at age from 0 to 18 were observed, confirmed by PCR result for the determination of COVID-19.

Results: The total number of the population attached to the polyclinic No. 4 of Karaganda city is 48 086 people. This includes 12 839 children aged 0-18. 340 children (2.64%) of the total number of children were diagnosed with COVID-19. All infected with COVID-19 were registered between 1 June and 27 November of 2020.

Of all those with a positive COVID-19: 0.3% at the age of 0 to 3 years, 1.17% at the age of 4 to 11, the absolute majority were children from 12 to 18 years old - 98.5%. Family contact was confirmed in 105 children (30.9%).

Conclusions: Most children are asymptomatic for COVID-19. 74 children (21.7%) were hospitalized. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 in children were fever, headache and cough, less often diarrhea and abdominal pain. Hospitalized children do not need intensive care or ventilators. Nine hospitalized children had chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (3), obesity (1), autoimmune goiter (3), and atopic conditions (3). There are no children who have died from COVID-19.