<p>More than 97,000 children across the US tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report from the American Academy of Paediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.</p><p>The report, issued on Monday, found that 97,078 new child cases were reported from July 16 to 30, a 40 per cent increase, reports Xinhua news agency.</p>.<p>While children represented only 8.8 per cent of all cases in states reporting cases by age, over 338,000 kids have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, said the report.</p><p>The overall rate is 447 cases per 100,000 children in the population, it added.</p>.<p>Children made up between 3 per cent to 11.3 per cent of total state tests, and between 3.6 per cent to 18.4 per cent of children tested were positive, said the report.</p><p>Besides, children accounted for 0.6 per cent to 3.7 per cent of total reported hospitalizations, and zero to 0.8 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths.</p>.<p>"At this time, it appears that severe illness due to coronavirus is rare among children. However, states should continue to provide detailed reports on COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalizations, and mortality by age so that the effects of COVID-19 on children's health can continue to be documented and monitored," said the report.</p>.<p><strong>For all the latest India News, Follow <a href="/section/india">India</a> Section. </strong></p>
<p>More than 97,000 children across the US tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report from the American Academy of Paediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.</p><p>The report, issued on Monday, found that 97,078 new child cases were reported from July 16 to 30, a 40 per cent increase, reports Xinhua news agency.</p>.<p>While children represented only 8.8 per cent of all cases in states reporting cases by age, over 338,000 kids have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, said the report.</p><p>The overall rate is 447 cases per 100,000 children in the population, it added.</p>.<p>Children made up between 3 per cent to 11.3 per cent of total state tests, and between 3.6 per cent to 18.4 per cent of children tested were positive, said the report.</p><p>Besides, children accounted for 0.6 per cent to 3.7 per cent of total reported hospitalizations, and zero to 0.8 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths.</p>.<p>"At this time, it appears that severe illness due to coronavirus is rare among children. However, states should continue to provide detailed reports on COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalizations, and mortality by age so that the effects of COVID-19 on children's health can continue to be documented and monitored," said the report.</p>.<p><strong>For all the latest India News, Follow <a href="/section/india">India</a> Section. </strong></p>
