Topline Record numbers of children have been hospitalized with Covid-19 over the past month in 13 states—predominantly in the South—an analysis of federal data shows, as skyrocketing cases fueled by the hyper-infectious delta variant raise concerns about the start of the school year. A paramedic carries a boy into an ambulance in Connecticut in April, 2020. Getty Images Key Facts Nearly 1,600 children were hospitalized with Covid-19 across the U.S. last week, according to hospital data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new seven-day record and a 27% increase from the week prior—but the states with the most severe increases are also those battling the worst Covid-19 outbreaks. Florida leads the country with almost 200 kids currently admitted and a rate of hospitalization up five-fold since July 8: 1.27 children hospitalized per 100,000 residents, the highest in the nation (amounting to roughly 54 kids hospitalized with Covid-19 each day). Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama, states where roughly 40% or more of intensive care unit beds are filled with Covid-19 patients, have the next highest rates of children hospitalized, at 0.93, 0.81 and 0.79 per 100,000 residents. Louisiana and Alabama both admitted an average of nine children a day between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9, versus the average of 23 hospitalized daily during this period in Georgia. Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming (states with broader Covid-19 case and hospitalization increases and vaccination rates all below the national average of 50%) have also all… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Here Are The 12 (Mostly Southern) States Where Child Hospitalizations Are Soaring Amid Delta Surge
