A study published in JAMA looked at household secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and found the estimated overall household secondary attack rate was 16.6%, higher than that for SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
To investigate outcomes after initial hospitalization for COVID-19 patients, a group of researchers measured the rate and reasons of readmission and the rate of death after discharge among patients in the nationwide Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.