COVID-19 live updates: Over 243,000 kids test positive in 1 week, nearly setting new record

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NEW: More than 243,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 last week, marking the second-highest week ever for pediatric cases, according to a new report.

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More than 243,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 last week, marking the second-highest week ever for pediatric cases, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.Students arrive at Ambridge Area Senior High School on the first day of Pennsylvania's mask mandate for K-12 schools and day care centers on Sept. 7, 2021, in Ambridge, Pa.Across the U.S., approximately 2,200 kids are in hospitals for COVID-19.

Cases among kids rose"exponentially" this summer, the organizations wrote, and in the last month alone, the U.S. has reported more than 1 million pediatric cases.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesSevere illness due to COVID-19 remains"uncommon" among children, the two organizations wrote in the report.

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There's still a percentage that is and is still contracting and getting ill! I will not get vaccinated since I'm not allowed to donate blood to the American Red Cross! Due to a vaccine I took back in the 80s when I joined the Armed Forces. No one knows what in these vaccines!!

You still believe anything the government says? Or mainstream media?

Unvaccinated and most like pain patients being denied pain medication

Why are the health care insurance companies stuck paying for this. These people made a choice.

That is false. 20% are breakthrough cases. Quit lying amd pushing ur agenda abc

Lie, 80% of reinfected are vaccinated 38% hospital deaths vaccinated per cdc public records

Good news? Mainly right wing Southerners are dying! A Win -Win for Democrats and the country's gene pool.

72% is “nearly all”.....Wow the definition of the words must have changed I guess

Most of which probably have underlying health conditions that has made their covid situation worse. Being unvaccinated to Covid19 does not make a damn difference AT ALL....!! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

People Were Born Unvaccinated! What Went Wrong?😷😷

Careful not to become the next India.

There is a free vaccine, which while not perfect, does significantly work to keep ppl out of the hospital and lowers the chance of death. This is so unnecessary.

whats the difference between NY and Florida…vaccines and mask? No….stop, cant be what the cdc recommends can it?

So when are we going to care about the nurses? Saying we are frustrated isnt fucking helping. And we arent frustrated we are done being abused on all fronts and spit on by everyone. The nursingshortage is because we are not willing to die of stress and abuse over a preventable

Why are kids even going to school during a pandemic?

Oh yeah, and % were hospitalized? Maybe .0001%? About the same as a bad flu?

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