How many children are hospitalized with Covid in the New York area?

NEW YORK (WABC) – The U.S. continues to see a worrying increase in children with COVID-19 as schools reopen and students return to class.

In a recently published weekly report, which collects state-by-state data on COVID-19 cases among children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) found that just under 204,000 cases of COVID- 19 for new children was reported last week, marking the second highest week recorded.

After declining in early summer, new cases of children have increased “exponentially,” the organizations said, with a fivefold increase last month, from 38,000 cases in the week ended July 22, 427% more weekly rate.

Since the onset of the pandemic, nearly 4.8 million children have tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, children accounted for 22.4% of all reported COVID-19 cases.

At this time, serious COVID-19 diseases remain “uncommon” among children, the two organizations wrote in the report.

According to the nearly two dozen states, which reported pediatric hospitalizations, 0.1% -1.9% of all cases of childhood COVID-19 resulted in hospitalization. Similarly, in states that reported age-related virus deaths by age, 0.00% -0.03% of all cases of childhood COVID-19 caused death.

In the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area, the latest data from the White House COVID-19 team show that hospitalizations of under-17s have increased since mid-July.

As of August 28, they had returned to levels not seen since May, but still below last April and September highs.

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