National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children Based on US State Health Department Data.

Abstract

* Abbreviations: CDC — : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 — : coronavirus disease 2019 NYC — : New York City Although there are several accessible sources providing data on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States,1,2 little information has been reported on pediatric cases. However, information on COVID-19, categorized by age group, is publicly accessible on nearly all state health department Web sites. In a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report in April, it was reported that only 1.7% of confirmed COVID-19 cases were in children <18 years of age,3 whereas more recent CDC data indicate 8.2% of cases were in children.4 Although there are reports of serious illness in children from COVID-19 (including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), available data indicate children are far less … Address correspondence to William Cull, PhD, Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, 345 Park Blvd, Itasca, IL 60143. Email: wcull@aap.org