Cook Children's Medical Center treating record-breaking number of kids for COVID-19

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Across the North Texas 19-county region, nearly 4,000 people are in hospitals. That's an increase of 111 from Tuesday and represents more than a quarter of all hospital patients. Of the nearly 4,000 people, 151 of them are kids.

As hospitalizations continue to tick up across North Texas, Cook Children's Medical Center says it's treating a record-breaking number of kids diagnosed with COVID-19.As hospitalizations continue to tick up across North Texas, Cook Children's Medical Center says it's treating a record-breaking number of kids diagnosed with COVID-19.

"In wintertime, it is very typical for us to see children who are ill with viral illnesses," she said. "With omicron, we are seeing more and more kids present with this upper airway inflammation that basically causes them to have difficulties with inflammation with the upper airway," she said.Looking back at hospital data, it shows the number of positive cases is six times higher than during the January 2021 surge and twice what it was in September.

"We have started with one COVID floor," Petersen said. "We have spilled over into a second unit before Christmas, and now we are beyond that."

 

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