The number of 🇺🇸 kids currently hospitalized with #COVID19 has plateaued at a level 3X higher than the April 2022 low, and >4X higher than the July 2021 low.
Over 1600 🇺🇸 children & adolescents aged 0-19 yrs have died from #COVID19 since Jan 2020. The national cumulative death rate = 19.8 deaths/million. Regionally, child/teen mortality has been highest in #Southwest & #Southeast states.
We first reported the problem of kids dying from #COVID19 outside of a hospital or in the emergency department (OH/ED) in our peer-reviewed paper in @AMJPublicHealth (July 2021)
When #COVID19 mortality (deaths/pop) disparities can mainly be attributable to ⬆️ case fatality (deaths/cases), there may be differences in case severity, but the most likely explanation is disparities in timely access to medical care.
Our paper "COVID-19 and the Working Class: Harm, Resistance, and Solidarity in the United States" explores theory and praxis at the intersection of social class and structural racism.
We empirically investigated the joint effects of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position on non-elderly adult #COVID19 mortality. The majority of 🇺🇸 Indigenous, Black, and Hispanic kids have working class parents.
There were 3,142 children 0-17 years old hospitalized with #COVID19 on 06-Jan-2022. This is MORE THAN TWICE as many as were hospitalized on 04-Sept-2021 at the peak of the #DeltaVariant surge.
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.
❗ 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! 🙏🏽