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
• Description:
  Approximately 56 million school-aged children (aged 5-17 years) resumed education in the United States in fall 2020.* Analysis of demographic characteristics, underlying conditions, clinical outcomes, and Trends in weekly coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence during March 1-September 19, 2020 among 277,285 laboratory-confirmed cases in school-aged children in the United States might inform decisions about in-person learning and the timing and scaling of community mitigation measures. During May-September 2020, average weekly incidence (cases per 100,000 children) among adolescents aged 12-17 years (37.4) was approximately twice that of children aged 5-11 years (19.0). In addition, among school-aged children, COVID-19 indicators peaked during July 2020: weekly percentage of positive SARS-CoV-2 test results increased from 10% on May 31 to 14% on July 5; SARS-CoV-2 test volume increased from 100,081 tests on May 31 to 322,227 on July 12, and COVID-19 incidence increased from 13.8 per 100,000 on May 31 to 37.9 on July 19. During July and August, test volume and incidence decreased then plateaued; incidence decreased further during early September and might be increasing. Percentage of positive test results decreased during August and plateaued during September. Underlying conditions were more common among school-aged children with severe outcomes related to COVID-19: among school-aged children who were hospitalized, admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), or who died, 16%, 27%, and 28%, respectively, had at least one underlying medical condition. Schools and communities can implement multiple, concurrent mitigation strategies and tailor communications to promote mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 spread. These results can provide a baseline for monitoring Trends and evaluating mitigation strategies.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Chronic Disease Clinical Laboratory Techniques CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Female Full Report Hospitalization Humans Incidence Male Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Treatment Outcome

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(39):1410-1415
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33001869
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7537558
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  39
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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