The organizations are collecting and reporting all publicly available state data on pediatric COVID-19 cases.
Five things to know:
1. Overall, pediatric infections account for 15.5 percent of all COVID-19 cases reported during the pandemic.
2. The U.S. reported 243,373 new COVID-19 cases among children in the week ending Sept. 9, marking a slight decrease from the 251,781 cases seen the week ending Sept. 2.
3. As of Sept. 9, more than 5.2 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic, marking a 10 percent increase over the last two weeks.
4. Among 24 states reporting age-specific hospitalization data, children accounted for just 1.6 percent to 4 percent of the states’ total hospitalizations.
5. Among 45 states reporting mortality data by age, children accounted for 0.27 percent or less of all COVID-19 deaths.
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