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Table 2 Periods and number of reductions of pneumonia cases in Catalonia, the percentage of reductions compared to the expected and the number of days with reduction within the period from 1 September 2018 to 4 December 2020

From: Divergences on expected pneumonia cases during the COVID-19 epidemic in Catalonia: a time-series analysis of primary care electronic health records covering about 6 million people

Age group a

Period b of reduction of pneumonia cases

Estimated number of reduction of pneumonia cases (95% CI)

Percentage compared to expected cases (95% CI)

Number of days with reduction of pneumonia cases within the period

Younger than 15

18/03/2020–26/07/2020

3534 (1005 - 6064)

84.43 (60.67–90.30)

131

06/10/2020–10/10/2020

104 (7–200)

77.04 (18.45–86.64)

5

12/10/2020–4/12/2020

1960 (917–3002)

89.15 (79.37–92.64)

54

  1. a We presented only data from the population younger than 15 years because we didn’t find any reductions in other age groups
  2. b Periods were only considered if reduction of cases extends more than 3 days