Covid: Omicron doubles hospitalizations of children under 5 in the US in one week, 760 young patients admitted on average every day

Covid-19 infections in children have reached record levels in the United States.

The number of young children hospitalized with Covid-19 infection has increased precipitously this week to reach the highest levels since the start of the pandemic, according to data released on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

With an average of 4.3 children under 5 out of 100,000 patients hospitalized for a Covid infection during the week ending January 1, compared to 2.6 children the previous week, fears are now turning to the most small.

Because this 48% increase in one week is the largest increase in the hospitalization rate of this age group during the pandemic in the United States.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Friday presented the agency’s most recent data showing that “Although children still have the lowest hospitalization rate of any age group, pediatric hospitalizations have reached the highest rate since the start of the pandemic “.

The CDC for “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention“Form the principal federal agency for the protection of public health in the United States. The centers produce information to improve government health decisions.

And according to the agency, more than 760 children under the age of 18 are hospitalized with Covid-19 infection on average every day, according to CDC data. This is the highest average on record for the age group.

The number of hospitalized young children infected with the coronavirus rose precipitously last week to the highest levels since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data released on Friday by the CDC. https://t.co/jKSO9GqRRa

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This increase in cases is a reflection of the surge of the Omicron variant in all age groups. The country now registers regarding 600,000 cases on average per day, of which regarding one in five are in children.

Hospitalization rates are rising, especially among children under 5, the only age group that does not yet have access to a coronavirus vaccine.

According to CDC data, only 16% of children aged 5 to 11 are fully immunized, and just over half of children aged 12 to 17 are fully immunized.