Average daily incidence of #COVID19 in children and teens ⬆️40% in one week to 51.4 new cases per 100,000 per day, approaching the #DeltaVariant surge summer high.
Keep in mind: some states only reported through 12/22 or 12/23.
Time trends since November 5 in average daily incidence (ADIR) of #COVID19 in kids - ten worst states by percent ⬆️ in the past week. (Excludes DC for technical reasons.)
In New England, where #OmicronVariant prevalence was <50% through 18-Dec per CDC, some states had ⬇️ in child/teen #COVID19 ADIRs, with rates still high due to previous #DeltaVariant surge.
Florida jumped from lowest to highest ADIR of #COVID19 in kids in the Southeast last week. @CDCgov reports high prevalences of #OmicronVariant in the Southeast, so expect widening and accelerating ⬆️ across multiple states. covkidproject.org/hot-spots
26-DEC-2021 UPDATE
8/17
New cases of #COVID19 in kids are ⬆️ in Illinois and Ohio. Declines in ADIR in Michigan, Minnesota, and Indiana last week indicate #OmicronVariant hasn't hit kids hard yet in those states. But ADIRs still high due to #DeltaVariant
In both Plains & Southwest regions, the low point for new cases of #COVID19 in kids was mid-summer. This was right before #DeltaVariant became dominant. Now the baseline is >>higher, even before #OmicronVariant hits these regions.
❗ 09-SEPT-2021 UPDATE ❗ 2/6
Lowest #COVID19 death rate is in 2-year olds, with infants 17x more likely to die. Death rate in 19 year olds similar to infants.
Please be advised that the @CDCgov covid tracker trend data on #COVID19 by age in Texas are WRONG. CDC draws case data from their case line data file, and TX has reported age on only 3% of total cases.
SPECIAL NOTE ON TEXAS 2/9
CDC graphic is inadequately footnoted and does not disclose the very low case count behind their trend chart.
Their chart displays no new cases in TX in past 4 months!
@CDCgov should remove this highly inaccurate graphic from their website.
SPECIAL NOTE ON TEXAS 3/9
COVKID Project estimates child/teen cases in TX every week using total cases from TX dashboard, and % child/teen from Harris County. Thank you @hcphtx for doing the job your state health dept has neglected! 🙏🏽