NPR Coronavirus Updates

Children Now Account For 22% Of New U.S. COVID Cases. Why Is That?

By Bill Chappell
Published May 3, 2021 at 1:40 PM MDT
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A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3% of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4% of new cases.

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Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.
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