(HealthDay)—While rates of hospitalization for children with COVID-19 remain low, they have been increasing, according to research published in the Aug. 7 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Lindsay Kim, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data from the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (March 1 to July 25, 2020) and identified 576 pediatric COVID-19 cases (
The researchers note that the cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rate among children was 8.0 per 100,000 population, with the highest rate among children aged
“Although the cumulative rate of pediatric COVID-19-associated hospitalization remains low (8.0 per 100,000 population) compared with that among adults (164.5), weekly rates increased during the surveillance period, and one in three hospitalized children were admitted to the ICU, similar to the proportion among adults,” the authors write.
Abstract/Full Text
Copyright © 2020 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
Citation:
CDC: Pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 increasing (2020, August 12)
retrieved 13 August 2020
from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-cdc-pediatric-hospitalizations-covid-.html
This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no
part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
