A total of 73,883 new child cases were reported from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, which is the highest weekly increase since the pandemic began, according to the data.
Over two weeks, from Oct. 22 to Nov. 5, there was a 17 percent increase in child COVID-19 cases.
Altogether 927,518 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States, and children represented 11.3 percent of all those infected.
The overall rate was 1,232 cases per 100,000 children in the population, according to the report.
Children accounted for 1 percent to 3.4 percent of total reported hospitalizations, and 0 to 0.18 percent of all COVID-19 deaths, said the report.
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