Over 6 million child COVID-19 cases reported in USA in 2022
July 19, 2022, 8:37 am

Over 6 million child COVID-19 cases reported in USA in 2022

A student receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on Aug. 30, 2021. (Xinhua) The pandemic

More than 6 million child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States in 2022, with nearly 287,000 cases added in the past four weeks, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

The AAP said in the report released on Monday (July 18) that child COVID-19 cases in the United States are far higher than one year ago.

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.

The AAP said: "It is important to recognize 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.”

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Over 13.9 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic.

Coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19 is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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