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Missouri health leaders warn of COVID-19 increase in kids
Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City had 12 inpatient young patients with COVID as of Wednesday
Updated: 5:52 PM CDT Aug 4, 2021
The Associated Press
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“It is true that they do not often experience as many of the severe negative outcomes, such as hospitalization or mortality (as adults),” Schmidt said. "However, that does not mean that we do not currently have children who are experiencing those outcomes ... Which is why we think children require the additional protection of our entire community."
On Tuesday, Dr. Clay Dunagan, of the St. Louis Metropolitan Task Force, said hospitals included in the task force have 20 children under the age of 19 hospitalized with COVID-19, compared with 13 children last week.
Ten of the patients are younger than 12, and the others are between 12 and 18. Three in the youngest age group and four in the oldest were in intensive care “fighting for their lives,” said Dunagan, chief clinical officer for BJC HealthCare.
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Mercy Emergency Medical Services announced that a Mercy Springfield paramedic, 57-year-old Sue Gregory, died of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The 58 people who died in Greene County in July was the highest number of deaths in a month since January, the health department said, and their average age was 64, down from 88 in March 2020.
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