WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 2.9 million child COVID-19 cases have been added in the United States in the past four weeks, and over 12.3 million children in the country have been infected since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association.
COVID-19 cases spiked dramatically across the U.S. during the Omicron variant surge.
Almost 4.5 million child cases were reported since the beginning of Jan. For the week ending Feb 10, nearly 300,000 additional child COVID-19 cases were reported, according to the report published late Monday.
This marks the 27th week in a row, child COVID-19 cases in the United States are above 100,000. Since the first week of Sept, there have been nearly 7.3 million additional child cases.
“There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data, to assess the severity of illness related to new variants, as well as, potential longer-term effects. It is important to recognise there are immediate effects of the pandemic on children’s health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth,” said the report.– NNN-AGENCIES
