SARS-CoV-2 Hospital-based Surveillance in Manhiça
Manhiça Health Research Center
17 June, 2022
MozCOVID Hospital-based surveillance Methods (briefly)
Since December 2020 until February 2022, a COVID-19 surveillance was implemented in Manhiça District Hospital,where, every suspected cases of COVID-19 (person with similar symptoms of COVID-19) resident in Manhiça district, was invited to participate in the study. After signing the consent form and answer the study questionnaire, the person would take a nasopharyngeal swab sample to test for active infection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR.
Positive percentage table
TREND GRAPH OF POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES BY MONTH
This graph represent the evolution of recruitment and positivity rate during the period of the study COVID-19 surveillance, in Manhiça District Hospital, following exactly the same tendency of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th waves in Mozambique.
Fig 1. Graph of monthly recruitment and positivity rate of COVID-19
during the period of the study, in Manhiça District Hospital
COVID-19 positivity rate by age group and sex
Table 1. COVID-19 positivity rate by age group and sex
label | variable | result_value | |
Positive | Negative | ||
age_group | Under 9 years] | (13.1%) | (86.9%) |
]9 to 19 years] | (37.5%) | (62.5%) | |
]19 to 29 years] | (41.1%) | (58.9%) | |
]29 to 39 years] | (40.5%) | (59.5%) | |
]39 to 49 years] | (49.3%) | (50.7%) | |
]49 to 59 years] | (59.0%) | (41.0%) | |
]59 to 69 years] | (46.2%) | (53.8%) | |
over 69 years old | (27.8%) | (72.2%) | |
sex | Male | (30.4%) | (69.6%) |
Female | (33.7%) | (66.3%) | |