The COVID-19 demise toll for kids beneath the age of 10 in Virginia rose to eight on Wednesday, in line with the state's Division of Well being.
Logan Anderson, the division's public info officer, confirmed the kid's demise in an announcement to CBS affiliate WUSA9.
The kid lived within the state's northwest area, which incorporates Fredericksburg, Caroline, King George, Stafford and Spotsylvania counties, Anderson added.
Based on the newest knowledge from the state well being division, one baby aged 0 to 17 died after contracting COVID-19 within the two weeks to January 22. Because the begin of the pandemic in 2020, 1,176 kids in Virginia have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and 13 kids have died.
It's not clear whether or not the demise introduced on Wednesday is included within the newest set of statistics from the Virginia Division of Well being. Newsweek has contacted the division for remark.
The NBC affiliate WSLS-TV reported that of the eight under-10s who've died within the state, two lived within the Rappahannock well being district, two within the Richmond Metropolis district, and one in every of the Chesterfield, Rappahannock-Rapidan, Virginia Seashore and Lord Fairfax districts.
The Virginia instances come as COVID-19 infections in kids have surged throughout the USA, largely fueled by the extremely transmissible Omicron variant.
Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics, almost 1,151,000 COVID-19 instances have been reported within the week to January 20—almost 5 occasions the very best weekly whole for baby instances throughout final winter's COVID-19 spike within the U.S.
Greater than 10.6 million kids have examined optimistic for COVID-19 in the USA for the reason that onset of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported, with greater than 2 million of those coming up to now two weeks.
The academy additionally identified that baby COVID-19 instances are above 100,000 for the twenty fourth consecutive week. Because the first week of September 2021, there have been almost 5.6 million further baby instances.
In Los Angeles County, a 15-month-old baby died of COVID-19 this week, the Los Angeles Occasions reported. It wasn't clear whether or not the toddler had underlying circumstances.
Final week, in southwest California's Riverside County, an toddler youthful than 1 turned the youngest individual within the county to succumb to COVID-19, in line with well being officers.
In Chicago, a 7-year-old woman got here near demise when she developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in kids (MIS-C) after contracting COVID-19. The uncommon situation causes elements of the physique and gastrointestinal organs to turn out to be infected.
Some kids have developed the situation after testing optimistic for COVID-19, however the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention says it's unclear why.
The Omicron variant, whereas extremely contagious, is believed to be much less extreme than strains comparable to Delta. It now accounts for greater than 99% of U.S. instances, in line with the CDC.
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