Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease of global public health concern. Norton Hospital recorded 120 people who tested positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) on Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) from 28 December 2020 through 6 January 2021. Case fatality was 8(6.7%.) We investigated the risk factors associated with contracting SARS-CoV-2 to recommend prevention and control measures. Methods: We conducted a 1:1 unmatched case-control study. We randomly selected a case as a resident of Norton Town who tested SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR, positive and control as a resident of Norton Town who tested SARS-CoV-2 R-T PCR, negative from 28 December 2020 through 25 January 2021. Written consent was obtained from the study participants. We used a pretested questionnaire to collect data from cases and controls on demographic characteristics, and risk factors for contracting SARS-CoV-2. Epi InfoTM7 was used to generate frequencies, proportions, p-values, odds ratios, and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals at a 0.05 significance level. Forward stepwise logistic regression analysis was done to determine factors independently associated with contracting SARS-CoV-2.
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