Typical and Atypical Clinical Presentation of COVID-19 Infection in Children in The Top of Pandemic in EL-Minia Governorate (Two Center Experience).

Background: A novel coronavirus that is identified as the cause of pandemic situation inFebruary2020 and affects adults and children with variable presentation and outcome.

Objective: We studied the typical and atypical clinical and laboratory presentation of COVID-19 during the peak of the first wave in two main referral hospitals, upper Egypt EL-Minia governorate.

Methods: Among 88 children with suspected cases tested for COVID-19, only 22 proved to be positive.