According to a group of leading doctors in the U.S. About 800,000 children have been infected with the novel coronavirus in, but hospitalization and illness-related deaths are uncommon in this patient population.
“At the moment, it seems that serious illness caused by COVD-19 is rare in children,” the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) wrote in a data update on Monday. “Nevertheless, states should continue to provide detailed reports on COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalization and mortality by age and race / ethnicity so that the effects of COVID-19 on children’s health can be documented and monitored.”
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According to data collected and analyzed by this group in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Association, children represent 11% of all cases in states reporting COVID-19 cases by age. However, there has been a 14% increase in pediatric-covid-19 cases in the last two weeks.
The report does not mention examples of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the link between COVID-19 and the disease. This condition causes inflammation in the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes and gastrointestinal tract.
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Although the CDC has not been able to determine the exact cause of the illness, it has been reported in children who were diagnosed with Covid-19 or around someone with confirmed coronavirus.
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As of Tuesday, U.S. There were more than 8.7 million coronavirus cases and more than 225,000 deaths. In recent weeks the U.S. The month in July saw a record high daily increase in new cases.
