Childhood COVID-19: a multi-center retrospective study.

Abstract Objectives To investigate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Methods Pediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from January 15 to March 15, 2020, from seven hospitals in Zhejiang Province were collected retrospectively and analyzed. Results Thirty-two children with COVID-19, ranging from 3 months to 18 years old, were enrolled. Family aggregation occurred in 87.5% of infant and preschool-aged children (7/8), and also school-aged children (14/16), but only 12.5% (1/8) of adolescents (p Conclusions Most children with COVID-19 had a mild process and good prognosis. More attention should be paid to household contact history investigation in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in young children. Viral RNA lasts longer in gastrointestinal system than the respiratory tract, especially in younger children.