A new model estimates that nearly 40,000 children have lost a parent to Covid-19, and black children have been disproportionately affected, according to a new research letter published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. "Black children are disproportionately affected, comprising only 14% of children in the US but 20% of those losing a parent to Covid-19." Kidman and coauthors estimated the expected number of affected children for each death from Covid-19, also known as the parental bereavement multiplier. The model suggests that each Covid-19 death leaves 0.078 children aged between 0 and 17 parentally bereaved, representing a 17.5% to 20.2% increase in parental bereavement absent of Covid-19. The study also doesn't quantify the number of children who have lost more than parent.

Source: CNN April 05, 2021 18:00 UTC