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We examined this relationship using a case\u2013control time-to-event-study of 39\u2009746 individuals continuously incarcerated from January 1, 2019, to March 1, 2020 (pandemic start), followed until March 1, 2023 in 31 California state prisons. Those included had no pre-pandemic HTN diagnosis and no blood pressure-altering medication prescriptions; had body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure measurements before and during the pandemic; and were tested for COVID-19. Exposure began 31\u00a0days after COVID-19 positivity. Clinical diagnosis established incident HTN. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, sex, race\/ethnicity, BMI, baseline blood pressure, and frequency of healthcare contacts and COVID-19 testing. We assessed confounding from changes in HTN testing post-COVID. 21\u2009480 individuals tested COVID-19 positive prior to HTN diagnosis (or censoring). The subsequent crude HTN incidence rate was 32.5 per 1000 person-years (exposed) [95%CI, 30.5-34.6] versus 27.1 (unexposed) [25.8-28.5]. COVID-19 infection was associated with significantly increased HTN incidence (main effects HRR, 1.44 [1.32-1.57]; including interactions: HRR, 2.05 [1.50-2.79]), with stronger association for higher BMI, higher pre-pandemic blood pressure, and older age. 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