Arizona's pediatric rate is reflective of its overall COVID-19 infection rate, which remains one of the highest in the country when all age groups are included.
, is updated weekly, with the most recent update published Aug. 6. In both its July 30 and Aug. 6 rankings, Arizona led the nation in COVID-19 infections in children.
Most cases of COVID-19 in children are less severe than they are in older people and do not require hospitalization, butcases in children of what appears to be a rare post-COVID-19 infection called multisystem inflammatory syndrome. "In general, children represent around 8% to 10% of a total community’s infection rates, but the percentages may increase in areas where there is higher community spread like Arizona," Elliott said.
A total of 49 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam provided age distributions of reported COVID-19 cases for the report. New York state did not provide age breakdowns for its cases – only New York City did. First, health care providers are able to test more patients now than earlier in the pandemic, when some states were hit hardest. Arizona was hit later than East Coast states.
Arizona's overall COVID-19 infection rate is 2,632 cases per 100,000 people. The U.S. average is 1,562 cases per 100,000 people, the CDC's Wednesday numbers show.The number of deaths of Arizonans age 19 and younger has not changed since the Aug. 6 data: It remains at 11 and is one of the higher numbers in the nation, the report says.
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