More than 400 children have died of Covid-19 in SA
“Among all deaths, 146 were adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years and 125 were aged under one year.”
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed in its latest report that 401 children aged 19 and younger have died in hospitals throughout SA, due to Covid-19.
As of 1 May 2021, individuals aged 19 years and younger made up 9.4% of laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases and 3.8% of all Covid-19-associated admissions, the NICD said in its ‘Monthly Covid-19 in Children’ report.
“There were 148 768 new laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases aged 19 years during the surveillance period.”
The cumulative incidence of laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases (for ages 19 and below) was 681.6 per 100 000 population, 5.5 times lower than that in those aged above 19 years (3760.1 per 100 000 population).
The NICD said there were 9 918 reported Covid-19-associated admissions among youths aged 19 and younger.
“The incidence of admission among children aged 19 years was 13.3 times lower (454.4 per 1 million) than that in those aged younger than 19 years (6027.0 per 1 million),” read the report.
The cumulative rate of admission was highest in children less than one-year-old at 1667.7 per 1 million population, followed by children aged between 15 and 19 years at 758.0 per 1 million population.
“Data on in-hospital outcome were available for 9 443 (95.2%) individuals aged 19 years. Among these, there were 401 in-hospital deaths,” said the NICD.
This brings the in-hospital case fatality risk to 4.2%.
“Among all deaths, 146 (36.4%) were among adolescents aged 15-19 years and 125 (31.2%) were aged under one year.”
The institute said among 245 in-hospital deaths, with available data on underlying conditions, 148 reported underlying conditions.
#COVID19Surveillance The latest #COVID19 in Children report reveals that those aged ≤19 years made up 9.4% of laboratory-confirmed cases & 3.8% of all COVID-19-associated admissions. Read the full report here: https://t.co/InsD4Ts45G pic.twitter.com/OftUHSz02X
— NICD (@nicd_sa) May 26, 2021
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