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Table 1  Cumulative number and cumulative percentage of COVID-19 reported cases in the surveillance system

From: COVID-19 surveillance in the Flemish school system: development of systematic data collection within the public health school system and descriptive analysis of cases reported between October 2020 and June 2021

 

Cumulative number of reported SARS-CoV-2 cases

Population

Cumulative percentage reported (95% CI)

School grades Total

59,996

  

pre-school (2.5–5 yo)

5,825

261,131

2.23 (2.17–2.29)

grade 1–2 (6&7 yo)

7,583

145,074

5.23 (5.11–5.34)

grade 3–4 (8&9 yo)

9,419

142,514

6.61 (6.48–6.74)

grade 5–6 (10&11 yo)

9,527

137,311

6.94 (6.80–7.07)

grade 7–8 (12&13 yo)

9,461

152,076

6.22 (6.10–6.34)

grade 9–10 (14&15 yo)

8,883

142,087

6.25 (6.13–6.38)

grade 11–12 (16&17 yo)

9,298

125,879

7.39 (7.24–7.53)

Provinces Total

59,996

  

Antwerpen

16,574

312,393

5.31 (5.23–5.38)

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

3,292

48,077

6.85 (6.62–7.08)

Limburg

7,985

138,495

5.77 (5.64–5.89)

Oost-Vlaanderen

15,726

250,477

6.28 (6.18–6.37)

Vlaams-Brabant

6,291

173,659

3.62 (3.54–3.71)

West-Vlaanderen

10,128

182,971

5.54 (5.43–5.64)

Socioeconomic

Status school population Total

59,573a

  

SES high

14,995

365,071

4.11 (4.04–4.17)

SES mid

19,572

376,020

5.21 (5.13–5.28)

SES low

25,006

364,981

6.85 (6.77–6.93)

  1. yo Year-old, intended age of pupils on January 1st while in the corresponding grade; SES: low = 33% lowest socio-economic pupil indicator scores, mid = 33%-67%, high = 67%
  2. adata linkage was not possible for 423 positive cases which are omitted from the SES analysis