More than 1.1 million children were diagnosed with infectious-disease in the week ended Jan. 20.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Children and COVID-19: State Data Report, nearly 1,151,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported in that timeframe.
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The number marks a 17% increase over the 981,000 added cases reported the week ended Jan. 13.
It is also a doubling of case counts from the two weeks prior.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone ages 5 years and older get a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is authorized for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11 and pre-teens and teenagers ages 12 and up.
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Agency data shows more than 80% of the U.S. population ages 5 and older have received at least one dose and 67.5% are fully vaccinated.
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The CDC also advises that children between the ages of 2 and 4 years old and other unvaccinated children 5 years or older should continue to wear a mask in public spaces around people they don’t live with.
