Since the outbreak, nearly 14.3 million children in the United States have been infected with the new crown

Nearly 14.3 million children in the United States have been infected with the new crown

　　Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, August 16 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) The latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association on the 15th shows that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, nearly 14.3 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with the new crown virus. Some 6.4 million children have been infected.

　　The report shows that in the week ended August 11, there were nearly 87,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children in the United States.

In the past four weeks, there have been nearly 371,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children in the United States.

Since the outbreak began, the number of reported cases in children in the United States has accounted for about 18.4% of all confirmed cases.

　　Recently, the increase in the number of new crown infections among children in the United States has moderated.

But the report also pointed out that the number of reported cases of new crown infections across the United States is likely to be underestimated, and many cases of infection in children are also not counted.

　　The definition of children's age varies across the United States, and most states set children's ages from 0 to 19 years old.

The American Academy of Pediatrics said there is an urgent need to collect more epidemic data across all age groups to assess the severity of the disease caused by the mutated new coronavirus and the potential long-term impact on children's health.