As schools reopen, over 74,000 kids tested positive for COVID-19 in two weeks

• The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association report that 74,160 children in the US tested positive for COVID-19 in two weeks of August.
• 74,160 cases represent a 21% increase in child infections overall since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
• Schools continue to reopen and have students and teachers in classes despite the worrying signs.

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One of the first things that we were told in regards to the novel coronavirus is that children are less likely to catch or spread the virus than adults. That may be true, but children clearly aren't immune from SARS-CoV-2, as a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that 74,160 US children tested positive for the virus from August 6th to August 20th. That's a 21% increase in the total number of reported cases in children in the United States since the pandemic began back in March, and it only took two weeks this month to get there.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association have teamed up to "collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases," and have released a new report every week this month. Based on their findings, 442,785 kids have tested positive for COVID-19 in the US so far.

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