US Reports More Than 7.5 Mn Child Covid-19 Cases

Washington, December 29, : Since the outbreak of the Pandemic, more than 7.5 Million children tested positive for Covid-19.

This is 1 in 10 American children according to the most recent report of AAP and Childrens Hospital AssociationAccording to Mondays report, 7,565,416 Child Covid-19 cases were reported in the country.Children accounted for 17.4% of confirmed cases.According to Xinhua, the overall rate was 10.052 per 100,000 children.According to the report, Covid-19 cases in children under 18 years old are on the rise.

Nearly 199,000 Covid-19 child cases were reported for the week ended December 23.This is a 50% increase on the weekly cases at the start of December.For the 20th week in a row, child Covid-19 case numbers have surpassed 100,000.According to AAP, more than 2.5 million child cases have occurred since the beginning of September.According to the report, children accounted for between 1.8 and 4.1% of all reported hospitalisations.It appears that Covid-19-related severe illnesses are rare among children at the moment.

The AAP said that it was urgent to gather more information to determine the extent of new strains of the disease and the long-term effects of the pandemic.This includes how the virus might affect the long-term health of children infected with the virus, along with its psychological and emotional health effects.

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