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More than 6 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Although the weekly case rate remains exceptionally high, the U.S. is reporting about 95,000 fewer child cases now compared to one month ago, according to a weekly report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.Healthcare workers treat pediatric patients for the COVID-19 at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 5, 2021.
Even with the decline, last week children still accounted for 24.8% of the week's cases, the report found. The South is no longer reporting the highest number pediatric cases and has now been surpassed by the Midwest. Severe illness due to COVID-19 remains"uncommon" among children, the two organizations wrote in the report. However, AAP and CHA warned that there is an urgent need to collect more data on the long-term consequences 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.
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