Table 1 Burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers (HWs) in different studies
Author, reference number | Country | Type of study | Studies in general population | Studies in HWs | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of COVID-19 patients | Number (%) of HWs COVID-19 | Number of HWs tested | Number (%) of HWs COVID-19 | Â | |||
Kang et al., [16] | Korea | National Registry | 10 062 | 241 (2.4) | – | – | Data updated to 5 April 2020 |
Rivett et al., [21] | United Kingdom | Cohort study | – | – | 1032 | 30 (3) | – |
Reusken et al., [22] | Netherlands | Cohort study | – | – | 1097 | 45 (4.1) | – |
Kluytmans et al., [23] | Netherlands | Cohort study | – | – | 1353 | 86 (6) | – |
Ministry of Health, [17] | Italy | National Registry | 228 418 | 27 101 (11.9) | – | – | Data updated to 22 May 2020 |
Hunter et al., [24] | United Kingdom | Cohort study | – | – | 1654 | 240 (14) | – |
Ministry of Health, [19] | Spain | National Registry | 250 287 | 40 921 (16.3%) | – | – | Data updated to 21 May 2020 |
Keeley et al., [11] | United Kingdom | Cohort study | – | – | 1533 | 282 (18) | – |
Wang et al., [15] | China | Retrospective, single- center case series | 138 | 40 (29) | – | – | – |
Folgueira et al., [25] | Spain | Cohort study | – | – | 2085 | 791 (38) | – |