米 子供の入院が7月に比べて４．5倍に

 

COVID Hospitalizations at Largest U.S. Children's Hospital at All-Time High BY MARY ELLEN CAGNASSOLA ON 8/19/21

While pediatric COVID-19 hospitalization rates are lower than those for adults, they have surged in recent weeks, reaching 0.41 per 100,000 children ages 0 to 17, compared with 0.31 per 100,000, the previous high set in mid-January, according to an Aug. 13 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health, calls the spike in cases among children "very worrisome."

 

He noted that over 400 U.S. children have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. "And right now we have almost 2,000 kids in the hospital, many of them in ICU, some of them under the age of 4,'' Collins told Fox News on Sunday.

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"Children are less likely to become severely ill with COVID compared to adults," said Dr. Coleen Cunningham, the hospital's senior vice president and pediatrician in chief. "However, they are not immune, and some become quite ill," including from pneumonia and organ failure; inflammation that can lead to heart damage; and long-lasting symptoms of fatigue and headaches, a condition known as "long COVID."

COVID-19 deaths among children remain relatively low. Out of 64,000 overall deaths from COVID-19 in California, 30 were among children.

 Nationwide, there are now about 263 children newly hospitalized a day for COVID-19, a 20% increase from the winter peak.

Among the nation's three most-populous states, the rate for new daily pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 per 100,000 children in Florida is 1.32; in Texas, it's 0.57; and in California, it's 0.2.

Experts say California is likely faring better because of relatively higher vaccination rates. Children under the age of 12 are not yet eligible for vaccines, but they can be better protected from COVID-19 if teenagers and adults around them are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

Doctors warn that healthy children can still become seriously ill with COVID-19. Last summer, more of the children admitted to Children's Hospital Los Angeles for COVID-19 had underlying health problems, said Dr. Michael Neely, chief of its Division of Infectious Diseases. Now, "it's striking kids who really were just healthy kids with no real medical problems.”

　大人に比べると子供の感染率入院率は低いがそれでも最近子供の入院率があがっており、7月から４．５倍に急増。パンデミック始まって以来アメリカでは４００人以上の子どもたちがコロナで死亡。 去年入院するのは基礎疾患のある子どもたちだったが、今年は健康だった子どもたちの入院も増えている。ワクチンをうっていない大人から子供に感染するのだ、と。