Rates have nearly doubled over the past week.
Reports of COVID-19 in emergency room visits from adolescents have nearly doubled over the past week, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows, reaching levels not seen in a year.publishedRates of COVID-19 ER visits in these adolescents have increased from 1.33% the week before, and are now higher than levels seen among most other age groups except for the youngest and the oldest Americans.
By contrast, over last winter's wave, rates of ER visits from 12 to 15 year olds were among the lowest compared to other ages. ER visits have not been higher in this age group compared to others since around this time last year, amid a large wave of infections that strained some hospitals.
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