US sees record COVID-19 hospitalisation of kids under 5 amid Omicron
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- Sunday, 09 Jan, 2022
Hospitalisations of children in the US under five with COVID-19 have risen in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, official data showed. Since mid-December, the hospitalisation rate in age group 0-5 has surged to over four in 1,00,000 children, up from 2.5 per 1,00,000. This comes amid rising COVID-19 cases in US due to Omicron variant