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An Overview of the Ongoing Clinical Issues of COVID-19 – Healio

Pediatric Annals | Childhood cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are on the rise as the pandemic continues to rage across the globe. Most children acquire…

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Children of all ages are susceptible to COVID-19 infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide data weekly on the demographics and clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children. The initial report from January through April 2020 described the age groups affected. Nearly one-third of the pediatric cases (32%) occurred in children age 15 to 17 years, followed by children age 10 to 14 years (27%). Infants younger than age 1 year constituted 15% of cases in children.3…

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