Children's Hospital of Orange County has seen more than 9,000 kids with COVID since the start of the pandemic, though nearly 1,000 of those cases have been in the last two weeks
The surge in COVID-19 cases has also affected children, with doctors and nurses reporting more young people in the hospital.“The last two weeks, we’ve had more than 900 positive children,” said Melanie Patterson with Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
“So, no. It doesn’t feel like it’s leveling off,” she said. “In fact, we’re waiting to see every day what our numbers look like.” “What we’re seeing now is that the kids coming in now are younger than they were a year ago, but for this surge, with Omicron, it’s really the younger kids that are being affected. They’re coming in with fevers, respiratory symptoms, more upper respiratory, not really lung issues,” she said.
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