15% OF U.S. COVID CASES ARE NOW CHILDREN

Tue 10 August 2021:

According to a research published by The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children now account for 15% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, with approximately 94,000 new infections among children in the last week.

When the pandemic first began, in March 2020, 14.3 percent of new cases were among children. Children accounted for 15% of COVID-19 cases in the United States as of August 5.

Amid a surge of infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant in the country, almost 94,000 COVID-19 cases among children were reported the past week, “a continuing substantial increase,” said AAP in the report updated on Monday.

“After declining in early summer, child cases have steadily increased since the beginning of July,” it said.

Florida and Louisiana are among the many U.S. states that have experienced a surge in cases, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. On Monday, Florida alone reported 28,317 new cases, according to the CDC. Louisiana’s largest hospital recently reported that 1 in 5 new patients have been children, according to Fox 5.

As of Aug. 5, nearly 4.3 million children had tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States since the onset of the pandemic, said the report.

“At this time, it appears that severe illness due to COVID-19 is uncommon among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts of the pandemic on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children, as well as its emotional and mental health effects,” it added.

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