January 5, 2022
More children are getting hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as the Omicron variant’s dominance intensifies.An average of 672 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19 during the week ending Sunday, the highest such number of the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC will update its Covid-19 isolation guidance imminently, source saysIt follows a record-high number of new cases among children, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The US had more than 325,000 new cases among children during the week ending December 30, according to data published this week by the AAP, marking a 64% increase in new childhood cases compared to the previous week, the AAP said.
About 1,045 children under 18 have died from Covid-19, the CDC said.
And across all age groups, Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a new milestone.
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