Children were more than 20 percent of weekly U.S. COVID-19 cases by end of August

Children accounted for more than 20 percent of weekly COVID-19 cases by the end of August, according to a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.

Kids made up 22.4 percent of cases last week, a higher number than the total average of child cases during the pandemic, only at 14.8 percent. There was also a nine percent increase in the cumulative number of child cases from Aug. 12-Aug. 26. ...

COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths among children are not very common, but the American Academy of Pediatrics said more data is needed to study the long-term effects on children.

However, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rochelle Walensky said new studies being released Friday report that hospitalizations in children were four times higher in states with low vaccination rates in August, USA Today reported. ...

 

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