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Aug 14, 2021, 8 tweets

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
1/8

#COVID19 hosp data for kids have been updated.

For children and 18-19 year olds, hosp admit rates are at highest point since Sept 2020 (no good data prior to that date.)

Confirmed cases only - suspected not included here.

covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
2/8

Same for current pediatric hosp census - highest ever!
>1200 kids with #COVID19 in hosp TODAY.

@Cleavon_MD @WesElyMD @SapnaKmd @DrZoeHyde @dgurdasani1 @EricTopol @DrEricDing @Arrianna_Planey #epitwitter #PedsICU
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
3/8

In the past week, #Alabama kids had the highest rate of new hosp admits for severe #COVID19

Latest trends for every state:
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

#tweetiatrician #PedsICU @hospitals4kids
@GYamey @DrTomori @yoncabulutmd @DrEricDing

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
4/8

#COVID19 new hosp admit rates in #Texas are not the highest, but trends quite adverse. Admits in neighbor #Louisiana high and rising.
@heather_haq
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
5/8

New hosp admits for #COVID19 in adolescents 18-19 years skyrocketed in #Indiana and #Wisconsin last week.
@Adamhill1212
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
6/8

New hosp admits in teens 18-19 years dropped last week in #Florida, but child #COVID19 admits continue to skyrocket.
@drkomanduri @conarck
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
7/8

#Tennessee surpasses past record for new #COVID19 hosp admits for teens 18-19 years. Adverse trend in children.
@WesElyMD
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

❗️❗️13-AUG-2021 UPDATE❗️❗️
8/8

Latest trends in #COVID19 new hosp admits in kids for #NewYork and #California. Rates still relatively low, but rising fast.

Adverse trends in many other states:
covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…

@Bob_Wachter @DataDrivenMD @oni_blackstock @RheaBoydMD

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