A child plays in the yard at New York Public School 321 in the Park Slope neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York, US, August 7, 2020. [Reuters]The number of new COVID-19 cases among children in the United States rose 40% in the last two weeks of July, according to a report released just weeks before tens of millions of American students are scheduled to begin the new school year. SEE ALSO: Five million cases: What next for America's Covid-19 epidemic? The American Academy of Pediatrics noted the data showed that severe illness due to COVID-19 appears to be rare among children. More than 5 million people in the country have been infected with the virus, representing about one-quarter of the total worldwide cases.

Source: Standard Digital August 11, 2020 05:41 UTC