Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch
Coronavirus Disease Spread during Summer Vacation, Israel, 2020
Table 1
Comparison of slopes for adjusted incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections during summer vacation and partial and full school attendance periods, Israel, 2020*
Age group, y | Adjusted incidence, %† |
Slope rate ratio (95% CI) | Arithmetic difference (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Summer vacation ± SEM | School attendance ± SEM | |||
0–9 | 17.6 ± 2.1 | 1.8 ± 0.6 | 9.8 (5.3 to 34.2) | 15.8 (10.9 to 21) |
10–19 | 8 ± 8.8 | 3.4 ± 1.3 | 2.4 (–3.9 to 18.1) | 4.7 (–15 to 24.4) |
20–39 | 1.2 ± 2.9 | 4.5 ± 0.9 | 0.27 (–1.2 to 1.85) | –3.3 (–10.1 to 3.5) |
40–59 | 2 ± 2.6 | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 0.43 (–8.9 to 3.6) | –2.6 (-8.9 to 3.6) |
>60 | 4 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 0.6 | 1.6 (–0.2 to 4.5) | 1.5 (–3.4 to 6.4) |
*Summer vacation was July 1–August 31, 2020. School attendance period was May 3–June 28, 2020. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SEM, standard error of the mean. †Incidence is no. cases/100,000 population; rates adjusted by numbers of SARS-CoV-2 tests.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.