Thread by @COVKIDProject

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
1/10

#COVID19 incidence (new case) data are now updated through 13-Aug-2021.

Average daily incidence rate (DIR) ⬆️ to 33.4/100,000

Total cumulative cases > 5.4 million

(we include >500K TX cases that CDC and AAP don't count)
covkidproject.org

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
2/10

The map on the left shows *cumulative* incidence of #COVID19 in kids since the pandemic began.

The map on the right shows *current* DIR.
#epitwitter #PedsICU @Cleavon_MD @Arrianna_Planey @GYamey @drkomanduri
covkidproject.org

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
3/10

Incidence of #COVID19 in kids⬆️in every single state in the past week. (See next tweet for more on AL)

>50% ⬆️in 15 states across all regions.
@gradydoctor @WesElyMD @Adamhill1212 @ashishkjha @BhadeliaMD
covkidproject.org/hot-spots

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
4/10

Alabama has changed it's dashboard age reporting for #COVID19 cases in kids a couple times in the past month, which may have (artifically) impacted these trends. In most states, the % of all cases occurring in kids is ⬆️

covkidproject.org/hot-spots

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
5/10

Florida leads the nation with highest #COVID19 DIR in kids, 96.3/100,000. Rapid increase in cases across all states in the Southeast.

#epitwitter #PedsICU @Cleavon_MD @DrEricDing @EricTopol
covkidproject.org/hot-spots

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
6/10

#Michigan kids suffered a huge surge in #COVID19 this spring, and now the DIR is rising again.
@LifeandPICU
covkidproject.org/hot-spots

🚨14-AUG UPDATE 🚨
7/10

#COVID19 cases in kids are surgingin the Southwest #Arizona #NewMexico #Oklahoma #Texas

@Cleavon_MD @heather_haq @PeterHotez @Steve_Irvin

covkidproject.org/hot-spots

@Cleavon_MD @heather_haq @PeterHotez @Steve_Irvin 🚨14-AUG-2021 UPDATE 🚨
8/10

We updated #COVID19 hospitalization data for kids yesterday: