COVID-19 Policy Update WEDNESDAY 9/9 TOP THREE Number of Children with COVID: AAP reported 513,415 total child COVID-19 cases, representing 9.8% of all cases. Comparing Children's Flu and COVID: Promising study published on JAMA Open Network: Children with COVID-19 are just as likely to be hospitalized, admitted to an intensive care unit and require mechanical ventilation to breathe as those with the seasonal flu. The analysis found that 17% of children with COVID-19 required hospitalization, with 6% being admitted to an ICU, compared to children with the flu, 21% were admitted to the hospital and 7% to an ICU.
COVID-19 Policy Update #100
COVID-19 Policy Update #100
COVID-19 Policy Update #100
COVID-19 Policy Update WEDNESDAY 9/9 TOP THREE Number of Children with COVID: AAP reported 513,415 total child COVID-19 cases, representing 9.8% of all cases. Comparing Children's Flu and COVID: Promising study published on JAMA Open Network: Children with COVID-19 are just as likely to be hospitalized, admitted to an intensive care unit and require mechanical ventilation to breathe as those with the seasonal flu. The analysis found that 17% of children with COVID-19 required hospitalization, with 6% being admitted to an ICU, compared to children with the flu, 21% were admitted to the hospital and 7% to an ICU.