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Source: https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/08/26/nyc-reports-first-juvenile-monkeypox-case
NYC reports first juvenile monkeypox case
By Maya Rajamani New York City
PUBLISHED 12:10 PM ET Aug. 26, 2022
A child in the five boroughs has tested positive for monkeypox, marking the city’s first juvenile case since the outbreak began, officials said Friday.
The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the case Friday morning. The child contracted the illness via a household contact, the department said.
The department did not provide the child’s age or any other additional details about the case...
...As of Wednesday, one child in New York state outside of New York City had tested positive for presumed monkeypox, according to the most recent state health department data...
As of Friday, 2,888 New York City residents had tested positive for monkeypox.
As of Thursday morning, 156 of those residents were between the ages of 18 and 24, 1,157 were ages 25 to 34, 986 were ages 35 to 44, 369 were ages 45 to 54, 129 were ages 55 to 64, nine were ages 65 to 74, one was age 75 to 84 and two people’s ages were “unknown,” health department data shows.
And while the health department has been reporting new monkeypox cases on a daily basis, Vasan on Tuesday said data from recent weeks showed a “pretty steep decline in [the city’s] epidemic curve.”
NYC reports first juvenile monkeypox case
By Maya Rajamani New York City
PUBLISHED 12:10 PM ET Aug. 26, 2022
A child in the five boroughs has tested positive for monkeypox, marking the city’s first juvenile case since the outbreak began, officials said Friday.
The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the case Friday morning. The child contracted the illness via a household contact, the department said.
The department did not provide the child’s age or any other additional details about the case...
...As of Wednesday, one child in New York state outside of New York City had tested positive for presumed monkeypox, according to the most recent state health department data...
As of Friday, 2,888 New York City residents had tested positive for monkeypox.
As of Thursday morning, 156 of those residents were between the ages of 18 and 24, 1,157 were ages 25 to 34, 986 were ages 35 to 44, 369 were ages 45 to 54, 129 were ages 55 to 64, nine were ages 65 to 74, one was age 75 to 84 and two people’s ages were “unknown,” health department data shows.
And while the health department has been reporting new monkeypox cases on a daily basis, Vasan on Tuesday said data from recent weeks showed a “pretty steep decline in [the city’s] epidemic curve.”