At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Last Two Weeks Of July
A new review of state data finds child cases up 40%.
At least 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 during the last two weeks of July, according to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. The increase represents a 40% surge in the nation's cumulative total of child cases.
"I think it's showing that, yes, kids can get infected and can spread the infection," says Dr. Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Colorado and vice chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the
