Children Are Safe From COVID-19

A recent study found that during the first 12 months of the pandemic, 99.995% of children with COVID-19 survived.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A recent study that looked at deaths occurring in children in the U.K. during the first 12 months of the pandemic found 99.995% of children diagnosed with COVID-19 survived

• Between March 2020 and February 2021, only 25 children under the age of 18 died directly as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This gives us an absolute mortality rate…