US reports about 88,000 weekly child Covid-19 cases

Los Angeles: About 88,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported across the US in the week ending June 9, according to a latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. Over 13.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, and […]

Los Angeles: About 88,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported across the US in the week ending June 9, according to a latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association.

Over 13.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, and nearly 395,000 of these cases have been added in the past four weeks, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the report.

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About 5.6 million child Covid-19 cases have been added in 2022, said the report, which was released on Monday.

Child cases are far higher than the same time around mid-June one year ago, according to the report.

There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the AAP.

“It is important to recognise there are immediate effects of the pandemic on children’s health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth,” it said.