Cases of Covid-19 Impacting All Ages Including Children

According to data, the rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the Delta variant is now impacting all age groups. The American Academy of Pediatrics says more than 500,000 children tested positive for the virus in the U.S. from August 5th to 26th and at least 203,962 of those cases were reported the week of August 19th to 26th which is a major rise compared to late June when the weekly number of reports was around 8,500. With students going back to school experts are urging that mask mandates are an effective tool that could be used to help the spread of infections.

More states and school districts across the country are imposing mask and vaccine mandates and others are working to limit Covid-19 exposure among unvaccinated employees and students. On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to implement mandatory weekly Covid-19 testing for state school staff who are not vaccinated saying “we all need to remain vigilant to protect each other – and that means coming in to get your shot and booster shot, wearing masks in indoor spaces, and exercising basic safety measures that we are all familiar with by now.”