Original title: American child COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to increase recently source: CCTV news client
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From late June to mid-August, the weekly hospitalization rate of COVID-19 among children and teenagers in the United States increased nearly fivefold, which coincided with the accelerated spread of Delta strain in the United States, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on September 3. The hospitalization rate of teenagers who have not been vaccinated with COVID-19 is 10 times higher than those who have been fully vaccinated, the report said.
According to a report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children's Hospitals, a total of 203962 children in the United States were diagnosed with novel coronavirus in the week ended August 26, accounting for 22.4% of the total number of cases confirmed by COVID-19 in the United States that week. As of August 26, nearly 4.8 million children in the United States had been diagnosed with novel coronavirus.
(editor Guo Tingxuan)