Early cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Uganda: epidemiology and lessons learned from risk-based testing approaches – March-April 2020

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of first 54 persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to hospitals in Uganda

Characteristic	Total (N = 54)	%
Characteristic	n	%
Age^a category
0–9 Years	4	7
10–19 Years	4	7
20–29 Years	11	20
30–39 Years	18	33
40–49 Years	6	11
50–59 Years	6	11
60 years & above	8	15
Male Sex	34	63
Ugandan	39	91
Chinese	2	4
Congolese	1	2
Canadian	1	2
Resident in Uganda	51	95
Occupation
Business	19	35
Employed/civil servant	6	11
Transporter	3	6
Farmer	2	4
Student	1	2
Others	6	11
Not disclosed	17	31
Marital status
Single	25	46
Married/Living with partner	29	54
Contact with confirmed COVID-19 case	17	32
International travel history (Imported cases)	45	83
United Arab Emirates	18	40
United Kingdom	14	31
Turkey	2	4
USA	2	4
Other countries^b	9	20

^a Mean (SD) age of 35 (±15.9) years
^bOne person each traveled to Canada, China, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Germany, and The Netherlands

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