Acute Morbidity and Mortality Analysis of COVID-19 in Children Receiving Cancer Treatment.

The aim of this study was to determine overall morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 infection in children on cancer treatment. It was an observational study, carried at Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital from 1st April 2020 to 31st July 2020. A total of 165 children on active cancer treatment were tested for COVID-19 with PCR; out of these, 17 were detected positive.