Adolescents twice as likely as young children to test positive for COVID-19

Adolescents are twice as likely as young children to test positive for COVID-19, according to a new analysis released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Between March 1 and Sept. 19, more than 277,000 children tested positive for COVID-19; 63 percent were between the ages of 12 and 17 while 37 percent were between the ages of 5 and 11.

“Incidence among adolescents was approximately double that among younger children throughout the reporting period,” the authors wrote in the analysis.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/518592-adolescents-twice-as-likely-as-young-children-to-test-positive-for-covid-19