Some younger patients are found to be Covid-positive through routine screening, but a worrisome number are experiencing severe complications of the coronavirus, doctors say.
According to an NBC News analysis, at least nine states have reported record numbers of Covid-related pediatric hospitalizations: Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, D.C.Some of those children were found to be Covid-positive through routine testing if they had to be hospitalized for other, unrelated issues. But many have been hospitalized specifically because of complications from Covid-19.
"More children infected with omicron still translates into a big number of children who may need hospital-based care," Versalovic said.reported a sharp rise in pediatric Covid-19 cases. At least 325,340 cases were reported during the week of Dec. 23, compared with 198,551 cases during the week of Dec. 16. While serious illness from Covid is still rare for younger children, the sheer number of new cases worries doctors.
A third of the 915 patients were otherwise healthy, without any underlying health problems that would have put them at greater risk. And doctors say that overwhelmingly, the vast majority of children hospitalized with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, because either they are too young to be eligible or their parents declined to get them vaccinated.Kline conducted his research during the height of the delta variant's spread last summer. Although some studies have suggested that the omicron variant may result inoverall, Kline said the sheer number of omicron cases inevitably will lead to more hospitalizations.
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