Since the onset of the pandemic, over 2.8 million children have tested positive for Covid. Children represented 19% of all Covid cases in the US.

For the week ending March 31, children accounted for 16.6 percent of reported weekly Covid cases.
There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the AAP.
"It is important to recognize there are immediate effects of the pandemic on children’s health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth," said the AAP.
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