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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Dispatch

Self-Reported SARS-CoV-2 Infections among National Blood Donor Cohort, United States, 2020–2022

Bryan R. SpencerComments to Author , Akintunde Akinseye, Eduard Grebe, Mars Stone, Karla G. Zurita, David J. Wright, James M. Haynes, Susan L. Stramer, and Michael P. Busch
Author affiliation: American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA (B.R. Spencer, J.M. Haynes); Westat, Rockville, Maryland, USA (A. Akinseye, D.J. Wright); Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA (E. Grebe, M. Stone, K.G. Zurita, M.P. Busch); Infectious Disease Consultant, North Potomac, Maryland, USA (S.L. Stramer)

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Table 2

Self-reported SARS-CoV-2 first and second infections by quarter among national blood donor cohort, United States, 2020–2022*

Infection measure 2020
2021
2022
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
First infection count
549
432
1,043
4,684

1,242
170
1,494
3,102

3,822
3,807
3,672
1,956
At-risk population
66,274
65,725
65,293
64,250

59,566
58,324
58,154
56,660

52,913
43,587
38,995
30,133
First infection per 1,000 population at risk, rate
8.3
6.6
16.0
72.9

20.9
2.9
25.7
54.8

72.2
87.3
94.2
64.9
Second infection count
0
1
6
33

50
29
68
322

841
545
717
476
At-risk population
0
549
980
2,017

6,668
7,860
8,001
9,427

12,050
13,022
15,935
16,159
Second infection per 1,000 population at risk, rate 0 1.8 6.1 16.4 7.5 3.7 8.5 34.2 69.8 41.9 45.0 29.5

*Q, quarter.

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