According to a National Institute for Communicable Disease report, children as young as 15 have lost their lives due to Covid-19, and at least 7% of patients admitted to intensive care units have been aged 18 and younger.
A new NICD report says about 19% of Covid-19 deaths are children aged one year and younger.Children as young as 15 have lost their lives due to Covid-19, and at least 7% of patients admitted to intensive care units have been aged 18 and younger.According to the NICD's latest monthly Covid-19 in children surveillance report, between March 2020 and August 28, 2021, people under the age of 19 made up 14.2% of Covid-19 tests and almost 12% of laboratory-confirmed cases.
There were 2.2-million Covid-19 tests conducted on teens and young children, with 15.8% testing positive between March 2020 and August 28. During the third wave, the testing rate increased in all ages among teenagers and children, with the 15 to 19-year age group peaking between the end of June and mid August 2021.
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