i
Hospitalizations of Children and Adolescents with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021–January 2022
-
2 18 2022
-
-
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 71(7):271-278
[PDF-558.70 KB]
Details:
-
Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
-
Personal Author:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
Description:The first U.S. case of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the Virus that causes COVID-19) was reported on December 1, 2021 (1), and by the week ending December 25, 2021, Omicron was the predominant circulating Variants in the U.S.* Although COVID-19-associated hospitalizations are more frequent among adults,| COVID-19 can lead to severe outcomes in children and adolescents (2). This report analyzes data from the CoronaVirus Disease 19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET)| to describe COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among U.S. children (aged 0-11 years) and adolescents (aged 12-17 years) during periods of Delta (July 1-December 18, 2021) and Omicron (December 19, 2021-January 22, 2022) predominance. During the Delta- and Omicron-predominant periods, rates of weekly COVID-19-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 children and adolescents peaked during the weeks ending September 11, 2021, and January 8, 2022, respectively. The Omicron Variants peak (7.1 per 100,000) was four times that of the Delta Variants peak (1.8), with the largest increase observed among children aged 0-4 years.| During December 2021, the monthly hospitalization rate among unvaccinated adolescents aged 12-17 years (23.5) was six times that among fully vaccinated adolescents (3.8). Strategies to prevent COVID-19 among children and adolescents, including vaccination of eligible persons, are critical.*.
-
Subjects:
-
Source:
-
Pubmed ID:35176003
-
Pubmed Central ID:PMC8853476
-
Document Type:
-
Place as Subject:
-
Volume:71
-
Issue:7
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
