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COVID-19 Cases Among Children Continue To Hit Near-Record Highs
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High community transmission, low vaccination rates and fewer efforts to curb infections have worsened the spread of the delta variant.
Coronavirus infections among children continue to hit near-record highs in the United States, with pediatric cases accounting for nearly 26% of all new cases reported last week, according to a new report.
Nearly 226,000 new pediatric cases were reported between Sept. 9 and 16, which is slightly lower than the previous two weeks’ totals but still higher than at any other time during the pandemic, according to the report released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
The weekly case count did drop slightly ― from 243,373 the previous week to the latest tally of 225,978 ― but pediatric cases overall made up 25.7% of all cases reported in the country, up from 15.5% the week prior.