1st LD Writethru: U.S. reports over 1.6 mln child cases of COVID-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1,640,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, representing 12.2 percent of the caseload nationwide, according to a new joint report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

A total of 178,823 new child COVID-19 cases were reported over the past week from Dec. 3 to 10, the highest weekly increase since the pandemic began, said the report published Thursday.