August 23, 2021 at 3:39 pm EDT
By WSBTV.com News Staff
ATLANTA — Nearly 2,000 Georgia children are being diagnosed with COVID-19 a day, according to new data from the Georgia Department of Health.
... the current seven-day average of cases in children ages 0 -17 is 1,823. Of those, children ages 10 -17 are seeing the highest numbers of new cases, with a seven-day-average of 1,101 per day testing positive for the virus.
... School districts in metro Atlanta are reporting that over 13,000 children and teens have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year.
... The U.S. reported 180,176 new cases of COVID-19 among children in the past week, according to a new report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
By WSBTV.com News Staff
ATLANTA — Nearly 2,000 Georgia children are being diagnosed with COVID-19 a day, according to new data from the Georgia Department of Health.
... the current seven-day average of cases in children ages 0 -17 is 1,823. Of those, children ages 10 -17 are seeing the highest numbers of new cases, with a seven-day-average of 1,101 per day testing positive for the virus.
... School districts in metro Atlanta are reporting that over 13,000 children and teens have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year.
... The U.S. reported 180,176 new cases of COVID-19 among children in the past week, according to a new report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.