Covid 19 Update: Corona wreaks havoc on children in America, more than one lakh children infected with Covid-19 in a week

In America, the global epidemic coronavirus is wreaking havoc on children. In the United States, more than 107,000 children were found to be infected with COVID-19 during the past week. Let us tell you that these cases are about 72 percent more than the last two weeks. This information has been given in the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Children's Hospital Association. This is the sixth consecutive weekly increase in child COVID-19 cases in the United States, which is a matter of great concern, the report published on Monday said.

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According to the latest report by the AAP and the Children's Hospital Association, around 1.3 crore children have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which over 316,000 children have been detected in the last four weeks. Reported COVID-19 cases among children increased during the Omicron variant winter surge in 2022, peaking at 1,150,000 cases in a week. While for the week ended May 19, more than 107,000 additional children were reported with COVID-19 cases, an increase of nearly 72 per cent from the two weeks earlier, the AAP reported.

Corona outbreak on children

So far in 2022, cases of COVID-19 have been registered in around 55 lakh children across the country. The report showed that children account for 19 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the United States. The AAP expressed concern that there is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data, to assess the severity of the disease as well as potential long-term effects related to the new forms.

"It is important to recognize that the pandemic has immediate effects on children's health, but crucially 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," the AAP said. needs to be addressed.