Myocarditis rates surged during COVID and stayed high, study suggests

Myocarditis rates surged during COVID and stayed high, study suggests

Publication date: May 22, 2026

Compared with prepandemic patients, those hospitalized during and after the pandemic peak were older. Nevertheless, they write, their findings underscore the need for ongoing surveillance and further study to better understand who is most at risk for myocarditis in the post-pandemic period. During the pandemic, hospitalizations climbed sharply, reaching 103 cases in 2020, 128 in 2021, and 139 in 2022, for an increase of roughly 80% above baseline.

Concepts Keywords
Biopsy Baseline
Diabetes Covid
Viral Covid19
Welldescribed Higher
Hospital
Hospitalizations
Hospitalized
Increased
Infection
Myocarditis
Note
Pandemic
Peak
Prepandemic
Rates

Semantics

Type Source Name
drug DRUGBANK Tropicamide
disease MESH infection
disease MESH viral infection
disease MESH inflammation
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH Myocarditis
disease MESH multiple chronic conditions
disease MESH injury
disease MESH chronic kidney disease
disease MESH obesity
disease MESH hyperlipidemia
disease MESH hypertension
pathway REACTOME Immune System

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