Final month, as Delta surged, the incidence of Covid in youngsters rose from earlier in the summertime — reaching 16.2 instances per 100,000 youngsters ages 4 and beneath; 28.5 instances per 100,000 youngsters ages 5 to 11; and 32.7 instances per 100,000 youngsters ages 12 via 17.
That price represented a pointy spike from a June low of 1.7 per 100,000 youngsters ages 4 and beneath; 1.9 instances per 100,000 youngsters ages 5 to 11; and a couple of.9 per 100,000 youngsters between ages 12 and 17. It was nonetheless beneath the height incidence of instances amongst youngsters final January.
The proportion of Covid sufferers beneath 17 who have been admitted to intensive care models ranged from 10 to 25 p.c from August 2020 via final June, and hovered at 20 p.c by July 2021, based on the C.D.C. examine.
In a second examine, researchers analyzed information from the Covid-Web surveillance community, which incorporates info on hospitalizations in 99 counties throughout 14 states.
Over the course of the pandemic — or from March 1, 2020, to Aug. 14, 2021 — there have been 49.7 Covid-related hospitalizations per 100,000 youngsters and adolescents, the researchers discovered.
However the weekly charges have been climbing since July. Throughout the week ending Aug. 14, there have been 1.4 Covid-related hospitalizations for each 100,000 youngsters, in comparison with 0.3 in late June and early July. (That is still barely beneath the height weekly price of 1.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 youngsters, in early January 2021, within the post-holiday wave of instances.)
Hospitalization charges have elevated most sharply for kids who’re 4 or youthful. Within the week ending Aug. 14, there have been 1.9 hospitalizations per 100,000 youngsters in that age group, practically 10 instances as many as in late June.
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