{"id":268834,"date":"2020-09-16T04:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=268834"},"modified":"2020-09-16T04:24:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:24:53","slug":"nearly-550k-children-in-us-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/16\/nearly-550k-children-in-us-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 550K children in US test positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A total of 72,993 new child cases were reported from Aug. 27 through Sept. 10, which is a 15-percent increase in child cases over two weeks, according to the report. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Nearly 550,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.<\/p>\n

A total of 72,993 new child cases were reported from Aug. 27 through Sept. 10, which is a 15-percent increase in child cases over two weeks, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Altogether 549,432 total child Covid-19 cases have been reported in the US so far, and children represented 10 percent of all cases, said the report.<\/p>\n

The overall rate is 729 cases per 100,000 children in the population.<\/p>\n

Children were 0.6 to 3.6 percent of total reported hospitalizations, and 0 to 0.3 percent of all Covid-19 deaths, said the report.<\/p>\n

“At this time, it appears that severe illness due to Covid-19 is rare among children. However, states should continue to provide detailed reports on Covid-19 cases, testing, hospitalizations, and mortality by age and race\/ethnicity so that the effects of Covid-19 on children’s health can be documented and monitored,” said the report.\u00a0(Xinhua)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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