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Covid-19 cases in kids hit record high last week
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Covid-19 cases in kids hit record high last week
The U.S. logged a record high number of pediatric Covid-19 cases last week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Last week alone, 182,018 new pediatric cases were reported. Since early December, cases in children have increased by 25 percent.
More than 1.8 million cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed in children since the beginning of the pandemic. Kids represent 12.3 percent of all Covid-19 cases in the U.S., a percentage that has steadily increased in recent months.
Severe complications of Covid-19 in kids are rare, as are hospitalizations, the AAP reported. But studies have shown children can spread the virus as well as anyone else.
Death from Covid-19 is also rare among children. A total of 172 kids in the U.S. have died from Covid-19, less than 1 percent of all deaths from the disease in the U.S.