Pediatric COVID-19: clinical characteristics and prognostic outcomes

According to a review of 72,314 cases by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than 1% of the cases occurred in children under the age of 10 years, with the vast majority being children. If children are indeed infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the vast majority of people will have mild diseases that do not require hospitalization. Therefore, the available data on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in infants are still limited. This article collects the cases of children who have been hospitalized because of positive tests since the outbreak of COVID-19, analyzes, and understands how COVID-19 influences children, which can help us better interpret and respond to public health measures.