Florida reports 3,400 kids with coronavirus — 10 stricken with severe illness
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With summer camps opening around the state, health officials just shared a report detailing new coronavirus infections among children.
These statistics show 37,211 children have been swabbed, and 9.2% of them, or 3,407, tested positive.
There have been 73,552 confirmed COVID-19 cases among all ages in Florida, ranging from 218 babies to a 108-year-old Miami-Dade County woman, according to the state.
The report released Friday also says 103 children have been treated in hospitals and none have died from COVID-19 illness.
There have been 10 cases of a rare condition called “Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.” Four of these cases associated with the new coronavirus were in Miami-Dade County, one was in Broward and one was in Palm Beach County.
Next is Palm Beach County, with 507 pediatric cases. The data show 16.6% of children were diagnosed from the 3,049 who were tested.
Broward has the third-highest total of childhood cases, with 309. The county had 3,221 kids get tested and 9.6% were positive.
The three counties — home to 28.9% of Florida’s population — have had 42.2% of the cases among people younger than 18.
The new report also breaks down the number of childhood cases among different age ranges. It shows 6% of the cases were among kids who had not CONTINUE READING: Florida reports 3,400 kids with coronavirus — 10 stricken with severe illness – Raw Story
