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We estimated risks of severe outcomes in 820,404 symptomatic paediatric COVID-19 cases reported by 10 European Union countries between August 2020 and October 2021. Case and hospitalisation rates rose as transmission increased but severe outcomes were rare: 9,611 (1.2%) were hospitalised, 640 (0.08%) required intensive care and 84 (0.01%) died. Despite increased individual risk (adjusted odds ratio hospitalisation: 7.3; 95% confidence interval: 3.3–16.2; intensive care: 8.7; 6.2–12.3) in cases with comorbidities, most (83.7%) hospitalised children had no comorbidity.

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COVID-19 trends and severity among symptomatic children aged 0–17 years in 10 European Union countries, 3 August 2020 to 3 October 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Nick+Bundle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bundle Nick</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nishi+Dave&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dave Nishi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anastasia+Pharris&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pharris Anastasia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gianfranco+Spiteri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Spiteri Gianfranco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Charlotte+Deogan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Deogan Charlotte</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jonathan+E+Suk&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Suk Jonathan E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Study+group+members&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Study group members</a></span>. COVID-19 trends and severity among symptomatic children aged 0–17 years in 10 European Union countries, 3 August 2020 to 3 October 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(50):pii=2101098. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101098" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101098</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 25 Nov 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Dec 2021 </span> </p>
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