Over 12 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in children in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic.
During the week ending on February 3, about 632,000 cases of COVID in children were reported, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Between 1.6 percent and 4.7 percent of all hospitalizations across the U.S. due to COVID-19 consist of children, as well. While deaths are uncommon among children infected with COVID-19, about 0.24 percent of children who test positive for the virus have reportedly died.
that a 15-month-old died of COVID-19 in January. Another child, who was less than a year old, was the youngest person to die from the virus that same month. While the vaccine will not be able to be given to newborns, any baby more than 6 months old will be eligible to receive it.Update 2/9/22, 3:41 p.m. ET: This story has been updated to add more background information on COVID-19 cases in children.
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