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Deaths from COVID ‘incredibly rare’ among children

Studies find that overall risk of death or severe disease from COVID-19 is very low in kids.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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A comprehensive analysis of hospital admissions and reported deaths across England suggests that COVID-19 carries a lower risk of dying or requiring intensive care among children and young people than was previously thought.

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Nature 595, 639 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01897-w

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  1. Ward, J. L. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.01.21259785 (2021).

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