Child Covid-19 hospitalizations reach a new high.

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Child Covid-19 hospitalizations reach a new high.

Tue, 2021-08-31 18:39 — mike kraft

Child Covid-19 hospitalizations reach a new high. That's not the only reason kids need to be protected from Delta, doctors say Doctors say keeping kids Covid-free is critical to ensure in-person learning, prevent long-term complications and help stave off more aggressive variants for everyone. Holly Yan, CNN CNN

(CNN) More kids were hospitalized with Covid-19 this month than any other time this past year -- further proving how seriously the Delta variant can hit any age group.

Between August 20 and 26, an average of 330 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That's the highest rate of new Covid-19 hospitalizations among children in more than a year -- a record that was broken several times in August, according to CDC data.

"This virus that we're dealing with now is a game changer," said Dr. Mark Kline, physician-in-chief of Children's Hospital New Orleans.

"It's just so easily transmitted from person-to-person." As of August 9, he said, "half of the children that we've admitted have been under the age of 2." ...

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