Washington, Nov 4 (Xinhua/UNB)-- Over 850,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, a new report of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association says.   The report says 61,447 new child cases were reported from Oct 22 to 29, which is the highest since the pandemic began, reports Xinhua.   In October, nearly 200,000 new child COVID-19 cases were reported. Altogether, 853,635 child COVID-19 cases had been reported in the United States so far, and children represented 11.1 percent of all those infected, said the report.   The overall rate was 1,134 cases per 100,000 children in the population, according to the report.   Children accounted for 1 percent to 3.5 percent of total reported hospitalisations, and 0 to 0.2 percent of all COVID-19 deaths, said the report.   "At this time, it appears that severe illness due to COVID-19 is rare among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children, as well as its emotional and mental health effects," it said.   The US has so far recorded 9,379,590 coronavirus cases with 232,553 deaths -- the highest in the world.   Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March. There is currently no vaccine for the virus.   Until Wednesday morning, the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 47,348,201 with 1,212,844 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data.

Washington, Nov 4 (Xinhua/UNB)-- Over 850,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, a new report of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association says.
 
The report says 61,447 new child cases were reported from Oct 22 to 29, which is the highest since the pandemic began, reports Xinhua.
 
In October, nearly 200,000 new child COVID-19 cases were reported. Altogether, 853,635 child COVID-19 cases had been reported in the United States so far, and children represented 11.1 percent of all those infected, said the report.
 
The overall rate was 1,134 cases per 100,000 children in the population, according to the report.
 
Children accounted for 1 percent to 3.5 percent of total reported hospitalisations, and 0 to 0.2 percent of all COVID-19 deaths, said the report.
 
"At this time, it appears that severe illness due to COVID-19 is rare among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children, as well as its emotional and mental health effects," it said.
 
The US has so far recorded 9,379,590 coronavirus cases with 232,553 deaths -- the highest in the world.
 
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March. There is currently no vaccine for the virus.
 
Until Wednesday morning, the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 47,348,201 with 1,212,844 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data.