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Editor, Senior Moderator
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2022 Feb 18;71(7):271-278.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7107e4.
Hospitalizations of Children and Adolescents with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021-January 2022
Kristin J Marks, Michael Whitaker, Onika Anglin, Jennifer Milucky, Kadam Patel, Huong Pham, Shua J Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Isaac Armistead, Sarah McLafferty, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Evan J Anderson, Kyle P Openo, Andy Weigel, Justin Henderson, Val Tellez Nunez, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Ruth Lynfield, Susan L Ropp, Chad Smelser, Grant R Barney, Alison Muse, Nancy M Bennett, Sophrena Bushey, Laurie M Billing, Eli Shiltz, Nasreen Abdullah, Melissa Sutton, William Schaffner, H Keipp Talbot, Ryan Chatelain, Andrea George, Christopher A Taylor, Meredith L McMorrow, Cria G Perrine, Fiona P Havers, COVID-NET Surveillance Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
Abstract
The first U.S. case of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) was reported on December 1, 2021 (1), and by the week ending December 25, 2021, Omicron was the predominant circulating variant in the United States.* Although COVID-19-associated hospitalizations are more frequent among adults,[SUP]†[/SUP] COVID-19 can lead to severe outcomes in children and adolescents (2). This report analyzes data from the Coronavirus Disease 19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET)[SUP]§[/SUP] to describe COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among U.S. children (aged 0-11 years) and adolescents (aged 12-17 years) during periods of Delta (July 1-December 18, 2021) and Omicron (December 19, 2021-January 22, 2022) predominance. During the Delta- and Omicron-predominant periods, rates of weekly COVID-19-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 children and adolescents peaked during the weeks ending September 11, 2021, and January 8, 2022, respectively. The Omicron variant peak (7.1 per 100,000) was four times that of the Delta variant peak (1.8), with the largest increase observed among children aged 0-4 years.[SUP]¶[/SUP] During December 2021, the monthly hospitalization rate among unvaccinated adolescents aged 12-17 years (23.5) was six times that among fully vaccinated adolescents (3.8). Strategies to prevent COVID-19 among children and adolescents, including vaccination of eligible persons, are critical.*.
. 2022 Feb 18;71(7):271-278.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7107e4.
Hospitalizations of Children and Adolescents with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021-January 2022
Kristin J Marks, Michael Whitaker, Onika Anglin, Jennifer Milucky, Kadam Patel, Huong Pham, Shua J Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Isaac Armistead, Sarah McLafferty, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Evan J Anderson, Kyle P Openo, Andy Weigel, Justin Henderson, Val Tellez Nunez, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Ruth Lynfield, Susan L Ropp, Chad Smelser, Grant R Barney, Alison Muse, Nancy M Bennett, Sophrena Bushey, Laurie M Billing, Eli Shiltz, Nasreen Abdullah, Melissa Sutton, William Schaffner, H Keipp Talbot, Ryan Chatelain, Andrea George, Christopher A Taylor, Meredith L McMorrow, Cria G Perrine, Fiona P Havers, COVID-NET Surveillance Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 35176003
- DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7107e4
Abstract
The first U.S. case of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) was reported on December 1, 2021 (1), and by the week ending December 25, 2021, Omicron was the predominant circulating variant in the United States.* Although COVID-19-associated hospitalizations are more frequent among adults,[SUP]†[/SUP] COVID-19 can lead to severe outcomes in children and adolescents (2). This report analyzes data from the Coronavirus Disease 19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET)[SUP]§[/SUP] to describe COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among U.S. children (aged 0-11 years) and adolescents (aged 12-17 years) during periods of Delta (July 1-December 18, 2021) and Omicron (December 19, 2021-January 22, 2022) predominance. During the Delta- and Omicron-predominant periods, rates of weekly COVID-19-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 children and adolescents peaked during the weeks ending September 11, 2021, and January 8, 2022, respectively. The Omicron variant peak (7.1 per 100,000) was four times that of the Delta variant peak (1.8), with the largest increase observed among children aged 0-4 years.[SUP]¶[/SUP] During December 2021, the monthly hospitalization rate among unvaccinated adolescents aged 12-17 years (23.5) was six times that among fully vaccinated adolescents (3.8). Strategies to prevent COVID-19 among children and adolescents, including vaccination of eligible persons, are critical.*.