It Really Is Trump's Fault - More than 2 million children have had Covid-19

 

Summary of Findings (data available as of 12/24/20) :

Cumulative Number of Child COVID-19 Cases*

2,000,681 total child COVID-19 cases reported, and children represented 12.4% (2,000,681/16,125,324) of all cases

Overall rate: 2,658 cases per 100,000 children in the population

Change in Child COVID-19 Cases*

178,935 new child COVID-19 cases were reported the past week from 12/17-12/24 (1,821,746 to 2,000,681)

Over two weeks, 12/10-12/24, there was a 22% increase in child COVID-19 cases (360,953 new cases (1,639,728 to 2,000,681))

More than 2 million children have had Covid-19

Meantime, Covid-19 cases in children continue to climb across the US.

A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association said there were more than 178,000 new cases of Covid-19 among children in the week that ended on December 24.

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That brings the total number of child cases to more than two million. Children now represent about 12.4% of all Covid-19 cases in the US.

Between December 10 and December 24, the report said there was a 22% increase in cases among children.

"At this time, it appears that severe illness due to Covid-19 is rare among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts of the pandemic on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children, as well as its emotional and mental health effects," the report said.