Descriptive Epidemiological Studies of a New Coronavirus Infection in the Primorsky Territory for 2020-2022

Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of the study: to conduct an epidemiological analysis of the incidence of coronavirus infection in the Primorsky Territory, to identify risk groups depending on gender, age, social status. Evaluate the effectiveness of vaccination. Materials and methods: this study uses data from infectious morbidity in the Primorsky Territory of the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Primorsky Territory and the Population Register for Coronavirus Infection. Results and discussion: an analysis of the incidence of a new coronavirus infection in the Primorsky Territory for 2020-22 was carried out. The incidence is presented in general for 2020-2021 and the beginning of 2022. The incidence rate for each month since the beginning of the pandemic is presented. Features of the monthly morbidity were revealed, an analysis was carried out. The rises and declines in morbidity are shown and analyzed. The distribution of patients by sex, age, social status was carried out. Risk groups have been identified. Analysis of the incidence of coronavirus infection by severity. The vaccination of the population of the Primorsky Territory is analyzed. Vaccination coverage and efficacy were evaluated. Conclusion: the incidence of coronavirus infection since the beginning of the pandemic is analyzed, the periods of increase in the incidence rate by year and the risk group, primarily those subject to vaccination, are shown.