At least 250,000 kids tested positive for Covid last week as the school year surge continues
published Tuesday by the American Academy of Pediatrics which shows cases are continuing to soar following the start of the school year. child's temperature at the Harris Academy's Shortland's school on June 04, 2020 in London, England. As part of Covid-19 lockdown measures, Harris Academy schools have taught smaller pods of students, to help maintain social distancing measures.
This marks a 25% increase from the week prior, which was already up exponentially from the roughly 50,000 cases tallied during the last week of July. Children now make up more than a quarter of all new coronavirus cases in the U.S., with some states, like Tennessee,The AAP highlighted that kids made up about 15% of new infections for most of the pandemic, a number thatDeath and hospitalization from Covid-19 among children still appear to be extremely rare, with between 0.1% and 1.9% of cases resulting in hospitalization and between 0.00 and 0.03% of cases resulting in death, according to the AAP.
However, the group reiterated its “urgent” plea for “more data on longer-term impacts of the pandemic on children,” ranging from impacts on the “long-term physical health” of infected kids to “emotional and mental health effects.” 750,000. That’s how many children tested positive for Covid-19 between August 5 and September 2, according to the AAP. Growing numbers of children have been testing positive for the virus since the start of the school year in late July.
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