Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020
Introduction: COVID-19 posed a serious public health threat to all ages. In Kenya, it was first detected on March 13, 2020, in its capital - Nairobi, which remained the epicenter of the disease thereafter. Dagoretti is one area that has both formal and informal residencies and showed a marked inc...
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| author | Florence Wanjiru Mugo Ahmed Abade Mohamed Peter Kabetu Njenga Maurice Owiny Fredrick Odhiambo |
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| description | Introduction: COVID-19 posed a serious public health threat to all ages. In Kenya, it
was first detected on March 13, 2020, in its capital - Nairobi, which remained the
epicenter of the disease thereafter. Dagoretti is one area that has both formal and
informal residencies and showed a marked increase of cases; from a total of nine in
March to 1219 in July 2020. The upsurge prompted us to describe the cases as they
were being identified through contact tracing. Methods: This was a cross-sectional
study that involved the review of COVID-19 data from 1st March to 31st July 2020
using a line list. We reviewed data for all COVID-19 cases and their contacts. We
generated measures of central tendency for continuous variables and frequencies and
proportions for categorical variables. Results: Of the 1,620 COVID-19 records
analyzed, 98% (1580) had no contact history with a case. The median age was 42 (IQR:
20.5 – 64.5) years. The majority 59.5% (964/1620) were males with 32.7% (529/1620)
from the age group of 31-40 years. The formal settlements had higher infections at
85.7% (1,389/1,620). All 16 deaths (100%) were from formal residencies out of which
62.5% (10/16) had comorbidities. Conclusion: COVID-19 disproportionately affected
the formal dwellers in the early days of the pandemic. The highest mortality occurred
in cases with comorbidities. We recommended targeted advocacy and scale-up of
COVID-19 awareness to diabetic and hypertensive cases in both residencies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e50fc89dcffc400d951811b69c350e8e2025-08-20T03:05:43ZengAfrican Field Epidemiology NetworkJournal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health2664-28242024-04-0172https://doi.org/10.37432/jieph.2024.7.2.110Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020Florence Wanjiru Mugo0Ahmed Abade Mohamed1Peter Kabetu Njenga2Maurice Owiny3Fredrick Odhiambo4Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaField Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaNairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), Health Department, Ministry of Health, KenyaField Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaField Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaIntroduction: COVID-19 posed a serious public health threat to all ages. In Kenya, it was first detected on March 13, 2020, in its capital - Nairobi, which remained the epicenter of the disease thereafter. Dagoretti is one area that has both formal and informal residencies and showed a marked increase of cases; from a total of nine in March to 1219 in July 2020. The upsurge prompted us to describe the cases as they were being identified through contact tracing. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that involved the review of COVID-19 data from 1st March to 31st July 2020 using a line list. We reviewed data for all COVID-19 cases and their contacts. We generated measures of central tendency for continuous variables and frequencies and proportions for categorical variables. Results: Of the 1,620 COVID-19 records analyzed, 98% (1580) had no contact history with a case. The median age was 42 (IQR: 20.5 – 64.5) years. The majority 59.5% (964/1620) were males with 32.7% (529/1620) from the age group of 31-40 years. The formal settlements had higher infections at 85.7% (1,389/1,620). All 16 deaths (100%) were from formal residencies out of which 62.5% (10/16) had comorbidities. Conclusion: COVID-19 disproportionately affected the formal dwellers in the early days of the pandemic. The highest mortality occurred in cases with comorbidities. We recommended targeted advocacy and scale-up of COVID-19 awareness to diabetic and hypertensive cases in both residencies.https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/article/7/19/full/vid-19symptomsinfectionsmortalitynairobikenya |
| spellingShingle | Florence Wanjiru Mugo Ahmed Abade Mohamed Peter Kabetu Njenga Maurice Owiny Fredrick Odhiambo Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health vid-19 symptoms infections mortality nairobi kenya |
| title | Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 |
| title_full | Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 |
| title_short | Characterization of COVID-19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in Dagoretti sub-county Kenya, 2020 |
| title_sort | characterization of covid 19 cases in the formal and informal settlements in dagoretti sub county kenya 2020 |
| topic | vid-19 symptoms infections mortality nairobi kenya |
| url | https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/article/7/19/full/ |
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