Symptomaticity and exposure mechanisms of reported COVID-19 cases among children aged 0–18 years with completed case investigations in Fulton County, Georgia, from 30 March 2020 to 6 June 2021
| Characteristics | All cases | Cases by paediatric age group | |||
| 0–18 | 0–4 | 5–10 | 11–13 | 14–18 | |
| Total, n (%)* | 7484 (100.0) | 1030 (13.8) | 1699 (22.7) | 1286 (17.2) | 3469 (46.3) |
| Symptomaticity | |||||
| Symptomatic | 4507 (43.2) | 593 (43.4) | 851 (37.6) | 781 (44.2) | 2282 (45.3) |
| Asymptomatic | 5930 (56.8) | 774 (56.6) | 1410 (62.4) | 986 (55.8) | 2760 (54.7) |
| Cough | |||||
| Yes | 1794 (17.2) | 289 (21.1) | 288 (12.7) | 278 (15.7) | 939 (18.6) |
| No | 4903 (47.0) | 620 (45.4) | 1218 (53.9) | 913 (51.7) | 2152 (42.7) |
| Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing | |||||
| Yes | 403 (3.9) | 42 (3.1) | 40 (1.8) | 43 (2.4) | 278 (5.5) |
| No | 6210 (59.5) | 832 (60.9) | 1457 (64.4) | 1144 (64.7) | 2777 (55.1) |
| Fever | |||||
| Yes | 1677 (16.1) | 327 (23.9) | 371 (16.4) | 267 (15.1) | 712 (14.1) |
| No | 5023 (48.1) | 590 (43.2) | 1143 (50.6) | 928 (52.5) | 2362 (46.8) |
| Chills | |||||
| Yes | 788 (7.6) | 45 (3.3) | 98 (4.3) | 125 (7.1) | 520 (10.3) |
| No | 5789 (55.5) | 814 (59.5) | 1391 (61.5) | 1052 (59.5) | 2532 (50.2) |
| Muscle pain | |||||
| Yes | 1149 (11.0) | 40 (2.9) | 148 (6.5) | 183 (10.4) | 778 (15.4) |
| No | 5439 (52.1) | 810 (59.3) | 1349 (59.7) | 994 (56.3) | 2286 (45.3) |
| Headache | |||||
| Yes | 2108 (20.2) | 44 (3.2) | 384 (17.0) | 399 (22.6) | 1281 (25.4) |
| No | 4509 (43.2) | 802 (58.7) | 1120 (49.5) | 786 (44.5) | 1801 (35.7) |
| Sore throat | |||||
| Yes | 1460 (14.0) | 54 (4.0) | 214 (9.5) | 254 (14.4) | 938 (18.6) |
| No | 5159 (49.4) | 806 (59.0) | 1284 (56.8) | 937 (53.0) | 2132 (42.3) |
| Abdominal pain | |||||
| Yes | 358 (3.4) | 42 (3.1) | 80 (3.5) | 69 (3.9) | 167 (3.3) |
| No | 5643 (54.1) | 756 (55.3) | 1303 (57.6) | 1008 (57.0) | 2576 (51.1) |
| Nausea or vomiting | |||||
| Yes | 580 (5.6) | 77 (5.6) | 113 (5.0) | 97 (5.5) | 293 (5.8) |
| No | 6049 (58.0) | 811 (59.3) | 1388 (61.4) | 1089 (61.6) | 2761 (54.8) |
| Diarrhoea | |||||
| Yes | 437 (4.2) | 106 (7.8) | 74 (3.3) | 63 (3.6) | 194 (3.8) |
| No | 6189 (59.3) | 786 (57.5) | 1420 (62.8) | 1123 (63.6) | 2860 (56.7) |
| Other | |||||
| Yes | 751 (7.2) | 95 (6.9) | 100 (4.4) | 109 (6.2) | 447 (8.9) |
| No | 4690 (44.9) | 637 (46.6) | 1142 (50.5) | 881 (49.9) | 2030 (40.3) |
| Exposure through a household contact | |||||
| Yes | 2859 (27.4) | 483 (35.3) | 862 (38.1) | 544 (30.8) | 970 (19.2) |
| No | 2994 (28.7) | 331 (24.2) | 536 (23.7) | 497 (28.1) | 1630 (32.3) |
| Exposure through a community contact | |||||
| Yes | 1406 (13.5) | 176 (12.9) | 275 (12.2) | 230 (13.0) | 725 (14.4) |
| No | 3815 (36.6) | 554 (40.5) | 990 (43.8) | 704 (39.8) | 1567 (31.1) |
*Percentages do not add up to 100 due to unknown or missing data.