Prognosis
Covid-19 Infections on the Rise in Kids and Teens With School Approaching
- California, Mississippi near 10% of overall cases in children
- CDC long touted 2% prevalence despite having updated data
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As the school year draws near, children and teens represent a ballooning percentage of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. as the youngest Americans increasingly venture outside their homes and are able to get tested.
While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long maintained on its website that those younger than 18 make up only 2% of cases, state data paints a much less rosy picture. California and Mississippi, for instance, are recording rates nearing 10% of overall cases. Florida has found that about a third of all children tested there are infected.