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Child COVID-19 Graphs & Statistics

Updated: 5 days ago


Updated 30th October 2021

With thanks to:

Ellie Tigress. Data @TigressEllie

Antonio Caramia. Interactive dashboard and stats @Antonio_Caramia and @TigressEllie




Infections in school aged children


  • 1 in 11 secondary school children are infected

  • 1 in 25 primary school children are infected

  • In England, the 12-15 year old age group which has the highest infection rise is only 20.2% vaccinated.

  • There is a clear uptick in age group 35-49, likely correlating with parents of school aged children.






By Nation


England 31.6% of new English cases are in children

NI 34.0% of new NI cases are in children

Wales 33.6% of new Welsh cases are in children

Scotland 22.5% of new Scottish cases are in children

@TigressEllie



Child Covid Hospital Admissions

Excludes RSV which uses a separate test


  • Hospital admissions in the 6-17 year olds are growing for the 4th week in a row with the second worst figure since the beginning of the pandemic.

  • 1 in 171 infected children have been admitted to hospital since the pandemic began

  • Government research shows that 80% of admissions are directly due to Covid and 60% of those have no underlaying conditions.

  • COVID-19 is being taken into hospitals and GP surgeries by children



The delta wave has already caused more child Covid hospital admissions that the whole of the alpha wave. In fact it took just 148 days to exceed alpha's total admissions. According to government data 60% of child Covid hospital admissions had no underlaying conditions.


Unprecedented levels of Covid infection in children has also caused a 40% increase in Long Covid and we have yet to see the ONS figure for children following return to school in September.



Wave 2

1 Sept 2020 to 17 May 2021 (259 days)

4 357 children hospitalised with Covid



Wave 3

18th May 2021 to date (156 days so far)

4 738 children hospitalised with Covid


381 more children hospitalised in 103 fewer days







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Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome


  • These hospital admissions are IN ADDITION to COVID admissions

  • These children are usually admitted after the 14-day testing cut-off

  • There were 720 PIMs admissions to the end of February 2021

@TigressEllie



Almost half of children in hospital, and a third with the late severe complication of PIMS-TS, had no underlaying health conditions



A quarter of children hospitalised for COVID-19 experience persistent symptoms on average 8.5 months after hospitalisation




Paediatric Deaths


  • 101 UK paediatric Covid deaths @tigressellie

  • 3.3% of all deaths in 10-19 year olds involved Covid. That is doubled from 2020




Long Covid in Children


In the UK we do not yet count Long Covid. We therefore, rely on estimates from research and lived experience. Different studies have different estimates due to use of different symptoms, number of symptoms, symptom durations, case ascertainments, population representativeness, and definitions of relapsing and remitting symptoms. Some studies have a control group and others do not. There is now a World Health Organisation agreed definition for Long Covid in adults. Long Covid Kids are participating in the process for a definition for children as part of the CLOCK study.



Sadly Mainstream media have long minimised Long Covid and usually choose the lowest prevalence figure published despite experts raising concern about the methodology gaps used in the research. Nevertheless, a small percentage of a large number should raise concerns amongst all.



Children are not supposed to become ill and die.



United States of America


“One year after becoming ill w/ the coronavirus, nearly half of patients in a large new study were still experiencing at least one lingering health symptom”



The CDC stated nearly half of infected children were experiencing Long Covid, and early research stated 43%.



  • 16.5% of all USA cases are in children, trending upwards

  • 24 000 children are in hospital due to Covid

  • 42% of children are fully vaccinated in the 12-15 year old bracket

  • 700 children have died





Latest Long Covid Figures




1 month following infection has risen to 53 000 children


3 months 29 000 children


12 months 11 000 children



1 in 7 children (14%) infected with COVID-19 suffer Long Covid



Blogs







Monthly Child Covid Summary


Month Cases Admissions Deaths Long Covid

0-19 yrs 0-17 yrs 0-19 yrs 28-day

July 271,356 1,153 5 34,000

August 203,135 1,229 7 38,000

September 328,552 1,118 10 53,000



@jneill

Long Covid ONS

UK Dashboard




New Interactive Dashboard with Children's Covid Data


By Antonio Caramia

Click image to link to site



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Admissions


Cases


Deaths



  • For further details and to discuss graphs/stats contact James on Twitter @jneill

  • For further details and to discuss data collation/stats contact Ellie on Twitter @TigressEllie

  • For further details and to discuss the interactive dashboard contact Antonio and Ellie on Twitter @Antonio_Caramia @TigressEllie





LongCovidKids.org is a patient-led advocacy and support organisation led by Sammie Mcfarland for families of children with Long Covid. Our story started with a short film on the long-lasting symptoms of Covid in children.


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If your child experiences any symptoms that indicate they are unwell, it COULD be COVID-19, and you should get them a test to help identify if it is a current Covid infection. Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.




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