Less than 5% of US preschool cohort hospitalized for COVID were fully vaccinated...
The study team, led by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers, enrolled 597 vaccine-eligible COVID-19 inpatients aged 8 months to 4 years at 28 hospitals participating in the Overcoming COVID-19 network from September 2022 to May 2023. A total of 62.1% of patients were aged 8 months to 1 year, and 37.9% were aged 2 to 4 years. https://journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltext/9900/characteristics_and_clinical_outcomes_of.685.aspx
Respiratory virus levels climb as JN.1 dominates COVID detections
ED visits for COVID highest in infants and seniors
The CDC's two main severity markers rose compared to the previous week, with hospitalizations up 10.4% and deaths up 3.4%. States in the Midwest and Northeast have numerous counties at the medium level for COVID hospital admissions, with some counties in those regions listed at the high level. Nationally, only 3% of deaths were due to COVID during the reporting period, with higher levels reported by a few states: Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The CDC characterized the COVID death trend as stable. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/respiratory-virus-levels-climb-jn1-dominates-covid-detections
