Dr. Jim Versalovic, interim pediatrician-in-chief, said community spread is likely the reason for the increase, not because new variants make people more ill.
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the largest pediatric hospital in the U.S. are at an all-time high, the Associated Press reported.
It wasn't supposed to be like this, thought his frightened mother, Yessica Gonzalez. Francisco was normally healthy and rambunctious. At 9, he was too young to get vaccinated, but most of the family had their shots. She had heard kids rarely got sick from the coronavirus. With millions of children returning to classrooms this month, experts say the stakes are unquestionably high.
While pediatric COVID-19 hospitalization rates are lower than those for adults, they have surged in recent weeks, reaching 0.41 per 100,000 children ages 0 to 17, compared with 0.31 per 100,000, the previous high set in mid-January, according to an Aug. 13 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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