By Elizabeth Hlavinka, MedPage Today, March 17, 2020
COVID-19 coronavirus cases appeared to be less severe in children than adults, although infants and toddlers were more susceptible to the virus than older kids, according to a study done in Wuhan, China.
Among 2,143 pediatric cases of suspected or laboratory-confirmed coronavirus, most were mild (50.9%) or moderate (38.8%), and 5.9% were severe or critical (versus 18.5% for adults), reported Yuanyuan Dong, MPH, of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and colleagues, in Pediatrics.
However, severe or critical cases were more common in younger children, and the prevalence decreased with children's age:
- <1 year: 10.6%
- 1-5 years: 7.3%
- 6-10 years: 4.2%
- 11-15 years: 4.1%
- ā„16 years: 3%
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