Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for coronavirus
over two weeks last month
(Source
thehill.com)
At
least 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for the novel
coronavirus during the final two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the Children’s Hospital Association found. The report was released as
lawmakers and health experts around the nation grapple with questions about
whether to reopen schools, which were shuttered in the spring when the
coronavirus first began spreading throughout the country.
Some
Trump administration officials have aggressively pushed for a resumption of
in-person classes, while others have voiced fears about how equipped schools
are to handle potential outbreaks. Roughly 338,000 children in the U.S.
have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic,
according to the report, which includes public data from 49 U.S. states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. The report noted that Texas only
provided age distribution for a small proportion of cases. Between July 16 and
July 30, a total of 97,078 children tested positive for the virus, marking a 40
percent increase in child cases, researchers found. About 7 in 10
cases over that period were reported in states in the South.
Alaska,
Oklahoma, Missouri, Idaho and Montana were among the states to experience the
most pronounced increase in infected children, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee and Louisiana are among the
states with the most reported coronavirus cases among children since the
pandemic began.
(Source
thehill.com)
At
least 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for the novel
coronavirus during the final two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the Children’s Hospital Association found. The report was released as
lawmakers and health experts around the nation grapple with questions about
whether to reopen schools, which were shuttered in the spring when the
coronavirus first began spreading throughout the country.
Some
Trump administration officials have aggressively pushed for a resumption of
in-person classes, while others have voiced fears about how equipped schools
are to handle potential outbreaks. Roughly 338,000 children in the U.S.
have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic,
according to the report, which includes public data from 49 U.S. states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. The report noted that Texas only
provided age distribution for a small proportion of cases. Between July 16 and
July 30, a total of 97,078 children tested positive for the virus, marking a 40
percent increase in child cases, researchers found. About 7 in 10
cases over that period were reported in states in the South.
Alaska,
Oklahoma, Missouri, Idaho and Montana were among the states to experience the
most pronounced increase in infected children, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee and Louisiana are among the
states with the most reported coronavirus cases among children since the
pandemic began.