COVID-19 Trends Among School-aged Children — United States, March 1–September 19, 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Leeb, Rebecca T. ; Price, Sandy ; Sliwa, Sarah ; Kimball, Anne ; Szucs, Leigh ; Caruso, Elise ; Godfred-Cato, Shana ; Lozier, Matthew
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC COVID-19 Response Team. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)Epidemic Intelligence Service.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Children aged <10 years can transmit SARS-CoV-2 in school settings, but less is known about COVID-19 incidence, characteristics, and health outcomes among school-aged children (aged 5–17 years) with COVID-19. ; What is added by this report? Since March, 277,285 COVID-19 cases in children have been reported. COVID-19 incidence among adolescents aged 12–17 years was approximately twice that in children aged 5–11 years. Underlying conditions were more common among school-aged children with severe outcomes related to COVID-19. Weekly incidence, SARS-CoV-2 test volume, and percentage of tests positive among school-aged children varied over time and by region of the United States ; What are the implications for public health practice? It is important for schools and communities to monitor multiple indicators of COVID-19 among school-aged children and layer Prevention strategies to reduce COVID-19 disease risk for students, teachers, school staff, and families. These results can provide a baseline for monitoring Trends and evaluating mitigation strategies. ; Suggested citation for this article: Leeb RT, Price S, Sliwa S, et al. COVID-19 Trends Among School-Aged Children — United States, March 1–September 19, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 28 September 2020. ; mm6939e2.htm?s_cid=mm6939e2_w#contribAff ; https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6939e2-H.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • BetacoronaVirus
  • Child
  • CoronaVirus Infections/Epidemiology
  • COVID-19
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral/Epidemiology
  More +
• Source:
  MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 69, early release, September 28, 2020
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94408/cdc_94408_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 217.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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