We constructed a coronavirus disease community vulnerability index using micro district-level socioeconomic and demographic data and analyzed its correlations with case counts across the 3 pandemic waves in Hong Kong, China. We found that districts with greater vulnerability reported more cases in the third wave when widespread community outbreaks occurred.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; community vulnerability; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; coronavirus infection; pandemic impact; pandemics; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.