Chinanews, August 26, reported comprehensively that recently, the number of new cases of new crowns among children in the United States has risen sharply.

As schools reopen, the delta variant spreads and winter approaches, health officials worry that the situation may get worse.

On the other hand, the newly appointed Governor of New York, Huo Chu, has substantially revised the death toll from the state’s new crown, admitting that the previous statistics had missed nearly 12,000.

Data map: In a school in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, elementary school students wear masks to study in the classroom.

During this period, the school teacher asked the children to conduct nucleic acid tests.

[The number of new cases of children in the United States soars]

　　According to the latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children's Hospital Association, the number of children in the United States has more than quadrupled in the past month.

According to the report, at the end of July, there were approximately 38,000 new child cases per week, but in the seven days ending August 19, there were more than 180,000 new child cases.

　　With the opening of schools in various places, the epidemic may continue to worsen.

In Illinois, the seven-day average number of children admitted to the hospital due to the infection has reached 40 in a single day, which is a new peak since the outbreak.

However, compared with other states in the United States where the epidemic is severe at this stage, Illinois has relatively eased.

　　In Florida, the number of children admitted to the hospital in a single day has been close to 100, which is about three times the number in August 2020.

More than 14,000 people have tested positive for the new crown virus in 15 school districts in the state, including 11,851 students and 2,610 faculty and staff.

　　In the Los Angeles Unified School District, California, a total of 6,500 students are absent from school in the first week of the new semester.

3000 students were quarantined due to the positive test results of the new crown virus, and 3,500 students and 1,000 faculty and staff were quarantined due to close contact with the infected person.

　　Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States pointed out that the new coronavirus strain delta has caused the infection hospitalization rate of all ages under 50 to reach a new high level, especially for the unvaccinated group.

　　Health experts pay special attention to the increase in children's cases that may result after students return to school.

Because many children do not wear masks and cannot get vaccinated after returning to school.

The existing emergency use authorization only applies to adolescents 12 years and older, while Pfizer vaccine is only fully approved for people 16 years and older, and Modena, which is already applying for full approval, is only for people 18 years and older.

　　It is expected that children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be the next group to be approved for the new crown vaccine.

However, U.S. Medical Director Vivek Murthy said that the approval process for emergency authorization may not be completed until the end of 2021.

　　Paul Offit, a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee, said timing is an important issue because the more contagious delta variant is spreading, and the cold and dry weather in winter makes it easier for the virus to spread in classrooms where children gather. .

Data map: On July 30, local time, a New York State citizen wears a mask while shopping in a supermarket on Long Island.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

[New York State's death toll is raised by 12,000]

　　On the 24th, Kathy Hochul succeeded Cuomo, who had resigned, as the governor of New York.

On the day she took office, she revised the number of deaths from the state's new crown by a large margin, admitting that the previous statistics had missed nearly 12,000.

　　According to the new crown death statistics submitted to the CDC, the number of deaths from the new crown in New York State as of the 24th was 55,400, while the former Governor Cuomo announced 43,400 deaths from the new crown on the last day of his term (August 23).

　　On the 25th, Huo Chu said in an interview: "We are now publishing more statistics on the new crown epidemic than before, so the new crown death data people see in nursing homes and hospitals are consistent with the new crown death data submitted to the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Yes. There are many things that have not happened, but I want them to happen. Transparency will be the hallmark of the state government under my leadership."

　　Earlier, media reports indicated that the New York State death numbers announced by the Cuomo government were inconsistent with CDC statistics.

The Associated Press pointed out that Cuomo’s number of deaths announced at his press conference included only laboratory-confirmed deaths collected from hospitals, nursing homes and adult care centers.

This means that people who died in their homes, state prisons, and other facilities are not counted.

In addition, if someone dies from the new crown but does not have a positive test result before death, it may not be counted.

　　Cuomo’s critics have been accusing him of manipulating COVID-19 data to enhance his image as a leader in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cuomo used the lower statistics of the new crown epidemic to falsely claim that the proportion of deaths from new crowns in nursing homes in New York State is lower than in other states.

　　The Judiciary Committee of the New York State House of Representatives is also investigating the new crown death statistics in New York State Nursing Homes and is considering whether to include them in a public report.