Characteristics of Children Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19 in France From February 2020 to December 2023.

We describe the characteristics of children hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 in France with a focus on the post-BA.1 Omicron period (February 2022-December 2023). We identified 3 main groups of children: those ≤90 days old (44.8%), older children with comorbidities (22.1%) and children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (5.2%). Low vaccination coverage in these groups suggests that this burden could be alleviated with immunization.
Competing Interests: A.R. reports personal fees from Pfizer and MSD outside the submitted work and nonfinancial support from Pfizer. N.O. reported receiving grants from Pfizer to his institution during the conduct of the study and travel grants from Pfizer, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline outside the submitted work. A.W. reports receiving personal fees from Sanofi, GSK, MSD and Pfizer and nonfinancial support from MSD. F.C.-S. reports receiving personal fees from Sanofi and GSK, and nonfinancial support from Sanofi. F.A. reports receiving personal fees from MSD, Sanofi and AstraZeneca outside the submitted work. R.C. reported receiving personal fees from Sanofi, Pfizer, MSD, Viatris and GSK; travel grants from Sanofi, Pfizer and MSD, and grants from Sanofi, Pfizer, MSD and GSK outside the submitted work. C.L. reported receiving grants from Pfizer during the conduct of the study, personal fees from Pfizer and MSD and nonfinancial support from Pfizer outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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