Abstract
We monitored trends of severe COVID-19 morbidity in Slovenia during weeks 13 to 37 2021. National weekly rates of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at admission in all hospitals varied between 0.2 and 16.3 cases per 100,000 population. Of those without previous COVID-19 diagnosis, SARI COVID-19 admission rates ranged between 0.3 and 17.5 per 100,000 unvaccinated, and 0.0 and 7.3 per 100,000 fully vaccinated individuals. National SARI COVID-19 surveillance is essential in informing COVID-19 response.
Highlights
Citation style for this article: Klavs Irena, Serdt Mojca, Učakar Veronika, Grgič-Vitek Marta, Fafangel Mario, Mrzel Maja, Berlot Lina, Glavan Uroš, Vrh Marjana, Kustec Tanja, Simoniti Miha, Kotnik Kevorkijan Božena, Lejko Zupanc Tatjana, the EPISARI Network
The main objective was to monitor the national weekly numbers of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at admission to hospitals and intensive care units (ICU)
We monitored the weekly numbers of (i) all SARI cases, (ii) SARI cases tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, (iii) in-hospital COVID-19 deaths of SARI COVID-19 cases, (iv) patients with COVID-19 as a secondary diagnosis at admission, COVID-19 cases diagnosed during hospitalisation, either (v) community-acquired or (vi) healthcare-associated, and among individuals without previous COVID-19 diagnosis, (vii) SARI COVID-19 cases among individuals who were fully vaccinated or (viii) unvaccinated against COVID-19
Summary
Investigators: The investigators are listed at the end of the article. Citation style for this article: Klavs Irena, Serdt Mojca, Učakar Veronika, Grgič-Vitek Marta, Fafangel Mario, Mrzel Maja, Berlot Lina, Glavan Uroš, Vrh Marjana, Kustec Tanja, Simoniti Miha, Kotnik Kevorkijan Božena, Lejko Zupanc Tatjana, the EPISARI Network. The main objective was to monitor the national weekly numbers of SARI cases testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at admission to hospitals and intensive care units (ICU). We monitored the weekly numbers of (i) all SARI cases, (ii) SARI cases tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, (iii) in-hospital COVID-19 deaths of SARI COVID-19 cases, (iv) patients with COVID-19 as a secondary diagnosis at admission, COVID-19 cases diagnosed during hospitalisation, either (v) community-acquired or (vi) healthcare-associated, and among individuals without previous COVID-19 diagnosis, (vii) SARI COVID-19 cases among individuals who were fully vaccinated or (viii) unvaccinated against COVID-19. Among individuals without previous COVID-19 diagnosis, we estimated the weekly rates of SARI COVID19 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals. 0.0 and 98.9 per 100,000 unvaccinated individuals and between 0.0 and 22.5 per 100,000 fully vaccinated individuals
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