COVID-19 Trends Among Persons Aged 0–24 Years — United States, March 1–December 12, 2020

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Leidman, Eva ; Duca, Lindsey M. ; Omura, John D. ; Proia, Krista ; Stephens, James W. ; Sauber-Schatz, Erin K.
• Description:
  CoronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case and electronic laboratory data reported to CDC were analyzed to describe demographic characteristics, underlying health conditions, and clinical outcomes, as well as Trends in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 incidence and tTesting volume among U.S. children, adolescents, and young adults (persons aged 0-24 years). This Analysis provides a critical update and expansion of previously published data, to include Trends after fall school reopenings, and adds preschool-aged children (0-4 years) and college-aged young adults (18-24 years) (1). Among children, adolescents, and young adults, weekly incidence (cases per 100,000 persons) increased with age and was highest during the final week of the review period (the week of December 6) among all age groups. Time Trends in Weekly Reported incidence for children and adolescents aged 0-17 years tracked consistently with Trends observed among adults since June, with both incidence and positive test results tending to increase since September after summer declines. Reported incidence and positive test results among children aged 0-10 years were consistently lower than those in older age groups. To reduce community Transmission, which will support schools in operating more safely for in-person learning, communities and schools should fully implement and strictly adhere to recommended mitigation strategies, especially universal and proper masking, to reduce COVID-19 incidence.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Female Full Report Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Young Adult

  More +
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(3):88-94
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33476314
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7821770
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:42580879956c46371c4c8a02842d46d8ffb1891f414a8d2eac0092275291c36357057c9550537dea3307f37e9f086c4ed93e057b83393deb7d4ccd0fc225af0b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/101754/cdc_101754_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 163.29 KB ]