Health department-reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  As of 7/15/2020, CDC has received reports of 342 cases and 6 deaths in 37 jurisdictions.
  
  • Most cases are in children between the ages of 1 and 14 years, with an average age of 8 years.
  
  • Cases have occurred in children from <1 year old to 20 years old.
  
  • About 70% of reported cases have occurred in children who are Hispanic/Latino (120 cases) or Non-Hispanic Black (104 cases).
  
  • 96% of cases (329) tested positive for SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The remaining 4% were around someone with COVID-19.
  
  • Most children developed MIS-C 2-4 weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  
  • Slightly more than half (55%) of reported cases were male.
  
  Since mid-May 2020, CDC has been tracking reports of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19. MIS-C is a new syndrome, and many questions remain about why some children develop it after a COVID-19 illness or contact with someone with COVID-19, while others do not.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Inflammation Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2e8f22cb5edb8c5d18fdab6064237e932bc85e24bf6c688d3eb5060bdeb84fce
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/90944/cdc_90944_DS1.pdf
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