National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children Based on US State Health Department Data

Blake Sisk; William Cull; J. Mitchell Harris; Alexandra Rothenburger; Lynn Olson

doi:10.1542/peds.2020-027425

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Updated US Trends on Cases of COVID-19 in Children
Lynn M Olson

Published on: 23 November 2020

Published on: (23 November 2020)

Updated US Trends on Cases of COVID-19 in Children
Lynn M Olson, Vice President Research, American Academy of Pediatrics
Our article, National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children, reported on the trends in COVID-19 cases in the United States through September 10, 2020. Since publication of the article we have continued to weekly capture the data publicly posted by states and territories. We find that COVID-19 cases in children have more than doubled since that time, which we summarize here. As of September 10, 2020, there were 549,432 cumulative child COVID-19 US cases, a rate of 729 cases per 100,000 children. By November 19, 2020, the number of cases had increased to 1,183,609, a rate of 1,573 cases per 100,000. The increase over this time period is especially driven by very high growth in the Midwest region, however the surge over the last month is occurring in all regions (Figure). Over this time, the cumulative proportion of COVID-19 cases that were pediatric has also risen, from 10% on September 10th to 11.8% on November 19th. The methods for these updated numbers are the same as in the article. Data are drawn from publicly available COVID-19 information posted on 49 state (NY State does not provide cases by age), 2 urban (New York City [NYC] and Washington, DC), and 2 territory (Puerto Rico and Guam) health department Web sites. The geographic regions are based on the census categorizations: Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. Information was collected weekly on Thursdays and pooled to provide national and regional information.

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Our article, National Trends of Cases of COVID-19 in Children, reported on the trends in COVID-19 cases in the United States through September 10, 2020. Since publication of the article we have continued to weekly capture the data publicly posted by states and territories. We find that COVID-19 cases in children have more than doubled since that time, which we summarize here. As of September 10, 2020, there were 549,432 cumulative child COVID-19 US cases, a rate of 729 cases per 100,000 children. By November 19, 2020, the number of cases had increased to 1,183,609, a rate of 1,573 cases per 100,000. The increase over this time period is especially driven by very high growth in the Midwest region, however the surge over the last month is occurring in all regions (Figure). Over this time, the cumulative proportion of COVID-19 cases that were pediatric has also risen, from 10% on September 10th to 11.8% on November 19th. The methods for these updated numbers are the same as in the article. Data are drawn from publicly available COVID-19 information posted on 49 state (NY State does not provide cases by age), 2 urban (New York City [NYC] and Washington, DC), and 2 territory (Puerto Rico and Guam) health department Web sites. The geographic regions are based on the census categorizations: Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. Information was collected weekly on Thursdays and pooled to provide national and regional information.

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