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The natural history of symptomatic COVID-19 during the first wave in Catalonia

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  • Edward Burn

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol)
    University of Oxford)

  • Cristian Tebé

    (Biostatistics Unit at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet
    Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Sergio Fernandez-Bertolin

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol))

  • Maria Aragon

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol))

  • Martina Recalde

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol)
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Elena Roel

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol))

  • Albert Prats-Uribe

    (University of Oxford)

  • Daniel Prieto-Alhambra

    (University of Oxford)

  • Talita Duarte-Salles

    (Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol))

Abstract

The natural history of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has yet to be fully described. Here, we use patient-level data from the Information System for Research in Primary Care (SIDIAP) to summarise COVID-19 outcomes in Catalonia, Spain. We included 5,586,521 individuals from the general population. Of these, 102,002 had an outpatient diagnosis of COVID-19, 16,901 were hospitalised with COVID-19, and 5273 died after either being diagnosed or hospitalised with COVID-19 between 1st March and 6th May 2020. Older age, being male, and having comorbidities were all generally associated with worse outcomes. These findings demonstrate the continued need to protect those at high risk of poor outcomes, particularly older people, from COVID-19 and provide appropriate care for those who develop symptomatic disease. While risks of hospitalisation and death were lower for younger populations, there is a need to limit their role in community transmission.

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  • Edward Burn & Cristian Tebé & Sergio Fernandez-Bertolin & Maria Aragon & Martina Recalde & Elena Roel & Albert Prats-Uribe & Daniel Prieto-Alhambra & Talita Duarte-Salles, 2021. "The natural history of symptomatic COVID-19 during the first wave in Catalonia," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-21100-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21100-y
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    1. Otavio Ranzani & Anna Alari & Sergio Olmos & Carles Milà & Alex Rico & Joan Ballester & Xavier Basagaña & Carlos Chaccour & Payam Dadvand & Talita Duarte-Salles & Maria Foraster & Mark Nieuwenhuijsen , 2023. "Long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 in Catalonia: a population-based cohort study," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.

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