Prevalence and Presentation of Paediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 1

Characteristics of the children screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Characteristics	Patients (%)
Age group (years)
<1	6 (2.0)
1–4	75 (24.4)
5–9	82 (26.7)
10–14	70 (22.8)
>14	74 (24.1)
Sex
Female	144 (46.9)
Male	163 (53.1)
Nationality
Nigerian	277 (90.2)
Non-Nigerian	30 (9.8)
Preexisting medical condition
No	290 (94.5)
Yes	17 (5.5)
History of contact/travel
Yes	181 (59.0)
No	126 (41.0)
BCG vaccination
Yes	197 (64.2)
No/unknown	110 (35.8)
Symptomatic
Yes	126 (41.0)
No	181 (59.0)
SAR-CoV-2 test result
Positive	50 (16.3)
Negative	257 (83.7)