As children head back to the classroom for the academic year, new data shows that pediatric COVID-19 infection rates have increased for the second consecutive week.
September 6, 2022, 7:20 PMA healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a 4 year-old child at the Brooklyn Children's Museum vaccination site, serving children six months to 5-Years old, in New York, June 23, 2022.
Overall, totals remain significantly lower than during other parts of the pandemic. Since mid-May, data shows that new cases have plateaued, fluctuating between a high of about 68,000 to 112,000 cases. More than 14.5 million children have tested positive for the virus since the onset of the pandemic, and since the beginning of 2022, approximately 6.65 million reported cases have been added. Children represent about a fifth of all reported cases on record.
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a 3 year-old child at the Brooklyn Children's Museum vaccination site, serving children six months to 5-Years old, in New York, June 23, 2022.Overall, about 43.1 million eligible children remain completely unvaccinated, according to federal data.
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