Risk of COVID-19 infection among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 2 Clinical outcomes among healthcare workers who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 infection during the study period, n (%)

Parameter	COVID-19-positive in high-risk areas (n = 120)	COVID-19-positive in low-risk areas (n = 22)	P value
COVID-19 positivity rate	120/366 (32.8)	22/82 (26.8)	0.17
Treated as home isolation	67 (55.8)	10 (45.5)	0.51
Hospital admission	53 (44.2)	12 (54.5)	0.58
Admission duration, mean (SD), days	7.4 (3.6)	6.5 (4)	0.22
Oxygen requirement	1 (0.01)	0	Not applicable
Ventilation (invasive or non-invasive)	0	0	-
Mortality	0	0	-

All values are expressed as number (n) and percentage, the number of patients who were admitted is high since government directives mandated admission of even mildly symptomatic patients, particularly during the first wave of the pandemic in India. COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.