Health officials again see uptick in new COVID-19 cases among children in US
By: News 12 Staff May 17, 2022, 9:54am Updated on: May 17, 2022
The American Academy of Pediatrics says over 93,000
children tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week – making five straight
weeks of spiking cases after months of declines.
Children made up about 18% of all the weekly
reported cases.
According to experts, the
case count for kids is still relatively low compared with January’s peak.
Johns Hopkins University
says cases for all ages have more than doubled over the past month. Hospitalizations have also
increased over the past three weeks.