Thread by @COVKIDProject

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 1/10

#COVID19 in 🇺🇸 kids has surpassed 5 million cases.

Long thread explaining why our case counts are higher (& more accurate!) than counts reported by @AmerAcadPeds

Also: latest rising trends in incidence & hospitalizations
covkidproject.org

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 2/10

The @AmerAcadPeds puts out a weekly #COVID19 report on kids that draws on the exact same state health department dashboards as we do.

BUT - we include estimates of missing data from TX and NY, and AAP does not.

#epitwitter

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 3/10

Both TX & NY (state) do NOT report cumulative case counts of #COVID19 for kids on their dashboards!

That's 2 of the 4 largest states w/ MISSING DATA.

NYC does report (thanks @nycHealthy !) but they cover only 1/2 the state's pop.

#epitwitter

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 4/10

We compensate by calculating #COVID19 case estimates using the best available data.

For NY - we use the NYC % of all cases who were kids multiplied by the total case count for the state as a whole.

#epitwitter

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 5/10

For TX, we use local health dept #COVID19 case reporting by age to generate a time-dependent % of all cases who were 0-19 years old. We multiply this % by the total reported TX cases to derive 0-19 year case counts on a weekly basis.

#epitwitter

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 6/10

Why do our #COVID19 estimates for TX & NY kids matter so much?

As of July 23, cases totaled:

468,902 in TX (0-19 yrs)

241,473 in NY (0-17 yrs)

This is why COVKID case counts are higher & more accurate than what @AmerAcadPeds reports.

#epitwitter

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 7/10

Bad news: the 🇺🇸 daily incidence rate (DIR) of #COVID19 in kids ⬆️ to 10.8/100,000 this past week.

This was the 4th straight week of ⬆️ DIR.

covkidproject.org

#epitwitter #PedsICU @Cleavon_MD @DrLindaMD @EricTopol @DrEricDing

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 8/10

For the 1st time, #COVID19 avg DIR ⬆️in every single state.

Florida kids suffering highest DIR.

covkidproject.org/hot-spots

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 9/10

#COVID19 avg DIRs ⬆️in every state - but these were the hot spots with greatest ⬆️in past week.

Southeast + MO, AK, OK, TX

covkidproject.org/hot-spots

♦️ 26-July-21 Update ♦️ 10/10

Hospitalizations for #COVID19 in 🇺🇸kids are also ⬆️

covkidproject.org/hospitalizatio…