Pediatric weekly COVID-19 cases hit pandemic high
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The number of weekly COVID-19 cases among children has climbed to the highest figure seen since the pandemic began, in what the American Academy of Pediatrics described as an exponential increase since early summer with 251,781 new weekly infections.
As of the week ending Sept. 2, kids comprised about 27% of weekly reported infections, compared to an overall 15.1% of total cases since the pandemic started. What’s more, from Aug. 19- Sept. 2, the AAP reported a 10% increase with 455,744 newly added cases (pushing the overall total count from 4,593,721 to 5,049,465). States reporting the largest increases in the percentage of pediatric cases include Hawaii, Florida and Georgia, among others.More Related News