Clinical and epidemiological features of the covid-19 in children

ABSTRACT Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic determines the relevance of the analysis of clinical and epidemiological features in various periods of the rise in morbidity among the child population. Objective: To study of the clinical and epidemiological features of the COVID-19 in children. Methods: The analysis of medical documents of 585 patients aged from 1 month to 17 years who were under the supervision of the district pediatric service of the city children's polyclinics in Ryazan for the period from March 2020 to December 2021 with a verified diagnosis: new coronavirus infection. Results: There was a predominance of school-age children (68.7%). Contamination of SARS-CoV-2 most often occurred as a result of other family members (87.2%). In most cases, a mild course of the disease was noted (71.8%). Premorbid conditions was detected in 8.4% of children, it was 10.7 times more often recorded in children with a moderate course of the disease (p