Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
October 1, 2020
National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children Based on US State Health Department Data
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
Keywords (Tags): children, public health
- As of Sept 10, 2020, there were 549,432 cumulative COVID-19 cases in the US among children (729 cases per 100,000 children). The geographic focus of case growth shifted from the Northeast in April to the South and West in June and to the Midwest in July. Over time, the proportion of pediatric COVID-19 cases has risen substantially, from less than 3% in April to 12-16% of new weekly reported cases in the last 8 weeks of the study. Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 among children remain low (1.7% and 0.07%, respectively).
Sisk et al. (Sept 29, 2020). National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children Based on US State Health Department Data. Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-027425