Eastern Cape COVID-19 2020-2021 in-hospital surveillance data

In this dataset, data collection occurs through the DATCOV online platform available to health care workers or through the validated importation of data from pre-existing electronic health information systems into the DATCOV database. DATCOV is an active surveillance system that accounts for 100% of SARS-CoV-2 admissions in South Africa. It was established in March of 2020 by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the National Department of Health. Retrospective cohort study was conducted using data on COVID-19 admissions in the Eastern Cape province from the COVID-19 hospital sentinel surveillance system. The surveillance system collects and collates data of all laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases (those with and without a diagnosis of COVID-19) with a duration of hospitalisation, irrespective of the reason for admission.

本数据集之数据采集，通过面向医疗工作者的DATCOV在线平台进行，或通过将现有电子健康信息系统的数据经过验证导入DATCOV数据库实现。DATCOV系一活跃监控系统，覆盖南非100%的SARS-CoV-2入院病例。该系统由南非国家传染病研究所（NICD）和国家卫生部门于2020年3月设立。本研究采用回顾性队列研究方法，利用来自COVID-19医院哨点监控系统关于东开普省COVID-19入院病例的数据。该监控系统收集并汇总所有经实验室确认的SARS-CoV-2病例（包括已确诊和未确诊COVID-19的病例）的住院数据，无论入院原因为何。