“It’s just that our testing has improved.”Yet the dissimilar rates of infection between younger children and adolescents may partly be explained by testing. Other studies have suggested that half of children infected with the coronavirus have no symptoms. The weekly incidence among adolescents was 37.4 per 100,000, compared with 19 per 100,000 among younger children. Of 161,387 infected children whose race and ethnicity were known, 42% were Hispanic, 32% were white and 17% were Black, the CDC researchers reported. Deaths among children were rare overall, but Hispanic and Black children were more likely to be hospitalised or admitted to an ICU.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2020 04:18 UTC