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Xinhua News Agency, Washington, December 29, Report: The United States has found a total of more than 2 million children infected with COVID-19.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Tan Jingjing
On the 29th, Colorado in the United States confirmed the discovery of the first case of infection by the new mutated coronavirus reported in the United Kingdom. In addition, according to the latest report jointly issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children’s Hospitals on the 29th, since the outbreak of the new corona, more than 2 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with the new virus of the crown.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis said in a statement that the infected person was a man in his 20s. He was infected with the novel coronavirus “B1.1.7” (also known as “VUI -202012/01”). The man has no recent travel history and is currently in isolation. The public health department is tracking his close contacts and will confirm also if there are other possible cases.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association reported on 29 that, as of December 24, the United States had reported a total of 2,000,681 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in children, representing 12.4%. of the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States and 2,658 infections per 100,000 children.
Data shows that since November 12, the number of confirmed cases of new crowns among children in the United States has increased by approximately 1 million. During the week of December 17-24, nearly 180,000 new pediatric COVID-19 cases were confirmed nationwide.
The definition of the age of children varies in the United States. Most states define the age of children as 0-19 years.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on the 29th that the number of new coronavirus infections in the United States is currently increasing and the epidemic is beginning to be “out of control” in all aspects. In the recent Christmas season, a large number of people traveled, which is likely to lead to an increase in the existing “surge” of cases, which is very worrying. He believes that the situation of the new corona epidemic in the United States next month may be worse than this month.
According to epidemic statistics published by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of the night of the 29th local time, the accumulated number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 19.53 million and the accumulated number of deaths exceeded 338,000 .
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