Child Covid-19 Cases Have ‘Steadily Increased’ Since The Beginning Of July, AAP Says, With 121,000 New Cases Last Week

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By Naomi Thomas, CNNAugust 17, 2021 astatine 6:30 pm

(CNN) — More than 121,000 kid Covid-19 cases were reported successful the US successful the past week, according to a study from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

After declining successful aboriginal summer, kid cases person “steadily increased” since the opening of July. From August 5 to August 12, a full of 121,427 kid cases were reported, which the AAP calls “a continuing important increase.”

Children represented 18% of the play reported cases.

Since the commencement of the pandemic, the AAP cites a cumulative full of 4,413,547 kid cases reported, with children representing 14.4% of each cases.

Hospitalizations were reported by 23 states and New York City, and children ranged from 1.6% to 3.5% of their full hospitalizations. Of each kid Covid-19 cases, 0.2% to 1.9% resulted successful hospitalizations.

Children made up 0% to 0.25% of each Covid-19 deaths, which were reported successful 43 states, New York City, Puerto Rico and Guam. No kid deaths were reported by 7 states, and 0% to 0.03% of each kid Covid-19 cases successful the states that reported resulted successful death.

Covid-19 outbreaks person sent galore students backmost into quarantine aboriginal successful the caller schoolhouse year. One mode to assistance students enactment successful classrooms is to person students — peculiarly those who are not vaccinated — wearing masks successful school, wellness experts say.

“It shouldn’t beryllium for months. It shouldn’t beryllium forever. But close now, erstwhile radical are coming backmost in, masking is simply a tenable nationalist wellness step,” said Dr. Brett Giroir, erstwhile adjunct caput for wellness successful the Trump administration.

“I enactment it and promote parents to promote their children to bash it.”

During this Delta variant surge, Covid-19 hospitalizations person soared among children. But the afloat grade of terrible pediatric cases is unknown, said Giroir.

“Only 23 states and New York City really study the fig of children successful hospitals,” said Giroir, a pediatrician. He said Texas and Florida are among the states wherever the full fig of kid Covid-19 hospitalizations are unknown.

“Talking astir flying blind, comparative to children,” Giroir said. “We request amended data, and that’s got to beryllium the ground for action.”

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