Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report as of 6/11/20

Summary compiled by American Academy of Pediatrics from

information publicly reported by 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

Available Data for Children

• State-level reports are the best publicly available data

on confirmed COVID-19 cases for children; detail varies

substantially by state and by week

• This report summarizes what was available on 6/11/20

• 49 states, NYC, DC, Puerto Rico and Guam reported

age distributions of confirmed COVID-19 cases

• 6 states provided age distribution of testing

• 19 states and NYC provided age distribution of

hospitalizations

• 40 states and NYC provided age distribution of

deaths

• Unknown: number of children infected but not tested

and confirmed

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

Yes, provides age distribution of cases

Reporting age distribution of confirmed COVID-19 cases:

Fig 1: States Reporting Age Distribution of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases as of 6/11/20

Only NYC reporting age distribution of cases

Reporting age distribution for only 19% of cases

Children and COVID-19 Summary of State-Level Data Provided in this Report: 6/11/20

Confirmed Cases

• 98,246 total confirmed child COVID-19 cases reported

• Children represented 5.6% (98,246/1,750,240) of all available confirmed cases

• Overall rate: 137.0 confirmed cases per 100,000 children in the population

Testing

• In 6 states reporting, children made up between 4.9%-11.0% of total state tests

Hospitalizations

• In 19 states and NYC, children were 0.7%-3.2% of total reported hospitalizations

Mortality

• In 40 states and NYC, children were 0%-0.5% of all COVID-19 deaths; 23 states reported

zero child deaths

Detail and links to state data sources provided in Appendix

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

Fig 2. Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Child Cases: 6/11/20

• 98,246 total confirmed child

cases

• IL, CA, NYC, MA, VA, MD, and

NJ with 4,000+ confirmed child

cases

• Over half of US states reported

1,000+ child cases

• 4 states with fewer than 100

child cases

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

• Children represented 5.6%

(98,246/1,750,240) of all

available confirmed cases

• 10 states reported 10% or more

of cases were children

• NJ, NYC, and MI reported that

3% or less of cases were

children

Fig 3. Percent of COVID-19 Cases that were Children: 6/11/20

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

• Calculated using child population

estimates from 2018 American

Community Survey (US Census)

• Overall rate: 137.0 confirmed

child cases per 100,000 children

in the population

• 31 states, NYC, and DC reported

more than 100 confirmed cases

per 100,000 children

Fig 4. Confirmed Cases per 100,000 Children: 6/11/20

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU

Fig 5. Total Confirmed Child Cases and Percent Increase from 5/28 - 6/11

• A: NYC, NJ, MA, IL, CA, MD, and VA all with 4,000+ confirmed child cases

• B: AR, VT, SC, AZ, and NC with 100% or more increase in child COVID-19 cases in past 14 days

See detail in Appendix: Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, and PR (NE and GA omitted from Fig 5B due to missing data)

1000 2000 3000 4000+ +

Summary data across the 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU reporting age distribution of

confirmed COVID-19 cases

Child

Population

(ACS, 2018)

Total cases

(all ages)

Number of

child cases

Percent

children of

total cases

Cases per

100,000

children

71,709,878 1,750,240 98,246 5.6% 137.0

Appendix Table 1: Overall Data Available on 6/11/20

Appendix Table 2: Overall Data from 4/16 – 6/11

* Unknown: number of children infected but not tested and confirmed

Date Locations Reporting Age

Total cases

(all ages)

Number of child

cases*

Percent

children of total

cases

Cases per

100,000

children

6/11/20 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,750,240 98,246 5.6% 137.0

6/4/20 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,623,334 84,016 5.2% 117.2

5/28/20 47 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,425,154 66,513 4.7% 96.8

5/21/20 47 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,288,305 54,031 4.2% 78.6

5/14/20 47 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,159,407 42,370 3.7% 61.6

5/7/20 46 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 1,010,112 32,568 3.2% 47.7

4/30/20 47 states, NYC, DC, and PR 849,615 23,096 2.7% 33.7

4/23/20 48 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU 710,953 15,911 2.2% 22.4

4/16/20 46 states, NYC, and DC 456,923 9,259 2.0% 15.4

Appendix Table 3A: State-Level COVID-19 Data Available on 6/11/20Click state name to view original data source

Location Age range

Child Population

(ACS, 2018) Number of child cases

Percent children of

total cases

Total cases

(all ages)

Cases per

100,000 children

Alabama* 0-24 1,089,840 3,389 15.4% 21,989 310.9

Alaska 0-19 183,816 62 10.5% 593 33.7

Arizona 0-19 1,642,657 3,041 10.2% 29,852 185.1

Arkansas 0-17 703,180 1,010 9.7% 10,368 143.6

California 0-17 8,989,955 8,800 6.5% 136,191 97.9

Colorado 0-19 1,265,235 2,086 7.3% 28,499 164.9

Connecticut 0-19 735,193 1,778 4.0% 44,347 241.8

Delaware 0-17 203,616 592 5.9% 10,056 290.7

District of Columbia 0-19 127,494 549 5.7% 9,589 430.6

Florida 0-14 4,229,081 2,283 3.5% 65,779 54.0

Georgia 0-17 2,505,751 2,271 4.2% 53,980 90.6

Guam 0-19 57,727 17 9.3% 183 29.4

Hawaii 0-19 303,414 38 5.5% 685 12.5

Idaho 0-17 446,972 201 6.2% 3,260 45.0

Illinois 0-19 2,857,266 8,828 6.8% 129,837 309.0

Indiana 0-19 1,568,130 2,070 5.4% 38,337 132.0

Iowa 0-17 730,767 911 4.0% 22,785 124.7

Kansas 0-17 705,961 657 6.1% 10,812 93.1

Kentucky 0-19 1,008,829 798 6.7% 11,883 79.1

Louisiana 0-17 1,095,916 1,418 3.2% 44,030 129.4

Maine 0-19 250,404 169 6.4% 2,637 67.5

Maryland 0-19 1,340,148 4,447 7.4% 60,197 331.8

Massachusetts 0-19 1,366,858 5,283 5.1% 104,156 386.5

Michigan 0-19 2,164,668 1,929 3.0% 65,182 89.1

Minnesota 0-19 1,302,615 2,669 9.2% 28,869 204.9

Mississippi 0-17 706,141 1,272 6.9% 18,483 180.1

Missouri 0-19 1,376,830 773 5.1% 15,187 56.1

*As of 5/7, Alabama is reporting child cases as ages 0-24 (was previously reporting ages 0-18)

Appendix Table 3B: State-Level COVID-19 Data Available on 6/11/20Click state name to view original data source

Location Age range

Child Population

(ACS, 2018) Number of child cases

Percent children of

total cases

Total cases

(all ages)

Cases per

100,000 children

Montana 0-19 229,434 43 7.7% 561 18.7

Nebraska 0-19 476,841 1,506 9.4% 16,025 315.9

Nevada 0-19 688,997 705 6.9% 10,164 102.3

New Hampshire 0-19 258,170 292 5.6% 5,178 113.1

New Jersey 0-17 1,953,643 4,021 2.4% 165,346 205.8

New Mexico 0-19 482,153 1,155 12.5% 9,250 239.6

North Carolina 0-17 2,300,645 3,023 7.9% 38,171 131.4

North Dakota 0-19 178,698 392 13.3% 2,941 219.4

NYC 0-17 1,726,900 5,668 2.8% 205,011 328.2

Ohio 0-19 2,593,325 1,966 5.0% 39,575 75.8

Oklahoma 0-17 956,486 460 6.0% 7,626 48.1

Oregon 0-19 873,567 337 6.7% 5,060 38.6

Pennsylvania 0-18 2,648,911 3,500 4.5% 77,313 132.1

Puerto Rico^ 0-19 594,011 99 7.1% 1,403 16.7

Rhode Island 0-19 205,213 1,110 7.0% 15,862 541.1

South Carolina 0-20 1,105,945 1,733 11.0% 15,759 156.7

South Dakota 0-19 217,606 563 10.0% 5,604 258.7

Tennessee 0-20 1,506,220 3,492 12.5% 27,869 231.8

Texas* 0-19 7,398,099 680 4.4% 15,513 9.2

Utah 0-14 932,462 768 6.0% 12,864 82.4

Vermont 0-19 115,973 75 6.8% 1,110 64.7

Virginia 0-19 1,869,792 4,669 8.9% 52,647 249.7

Washington 0-19 1,663,285 1,732 7.0% 24,642 104.2

West Virginia 0-19 364,160 133 6.0% 2,212 36.5

Wisconsin 0-19 1,276,103 2,678 11.2% 24,000 209.9

Wyoming 0-18 134,775 103 13.4% 768 76.4

^As of 6/11, Puerto Rico only providing age distribution for confirmed cases (previously provided for both probable and confirmed); *Texas reporting age for only 15,044 out of 68,271 total confirmed cases

COVID-19 Testing and Children

* Positive rate = number of child cases / number of child tests

Appendix Table 4: Child Testing Data Available on 6/11/20

Location Age range

Number of

child tests

Total tests

(all ages)

Percent

children of

total tests Positive rate*

Arizona 0-19 23,253 345,044 6.7% 13.1%

Illinois 0-19 71,838 1,100,002 6.5% 12.3%

Indiana 0-19 19,846 320,094 6.2% 10.4%

Nevada 0-19 9,139 187,292 4.9% 7.7%

West Virginia 0-19 6,742 121,044 5.6% 2.0%

Wyoming 0-18 3,387 30,795 11.0% 3.0%

COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations and Children

* Hospitalization rate = number of child hospitalizations / number of child cases

Appendix Table 5: Child Hospitalization Data Available on 6/11/20

Location Age range

Number of child

hospitalizations

Total hospitalizations

(all ages)

Percent children of total

hospitalizations Hospitalization rate*Arizona 0-19 37 3,476 1.1% 1.2%

Colorado 0-19 105 5,035 2.1% 5.0%

Florida 0-14 74 11,345 0.7% 3.2%

Georgia 0-17 70 8,974 0.8% 3.1%

Hawaii 0-19 1 85 1.2% 2.6%

Kansas 0-17 9 954 0.9% 1.4%

Massachusetts 0-19 87 10,581 0.8% 1.6%

Mississippi 0-17 28 2,614 1.1% 2.2%

Nebraska 0-19 15 1,000 1.5% 1.0%

New Hampshire 0-19 7 500 1.4% 2.4%

New Jersey 0-17 130 18,334 0.7% 3.2%

North Dakota 0-19 4 193 2.1% 1.0%

NYC 0-17 506 53,369 0.9% 8.9%

Ohio 0-19 99 6,693 1.5% 5.0%

Oregon 0-19 11 857 1.3% 3.3%

Rhode Island 0-19 -- -- 1.0% --

South Dakota 0-19 16 503 3.2% 2.8%

Utah 0-14 8 954 0.8% 1.0%

Virginia 0-19 83 5,360 1.5% 1.8%

Washington 0-19 32 3,773 0.9% 1.9%

Location Age range Number of child deaths

Total deaths

(all ages) Percent children of total deaths

Percent of child cases resulting in

death*

Alabama 0-24 3 744 0.4% 0.1%

Arizona 0-19 2 1,095 0.2% 0.1%

Arkansas 0-17 0 165 0.0% 0.0%

California 0-17 0 4,663 0.0% 0.0%

Colorado 0-19 3 1,328 0.2% 0.1%

Connecticut 0-19 2 4,120 0.0% 0.1%

Delaware 0-17 0 413 0.0% 0.0%

Florida 0-14 0 2,801 0.0% 0.0%

Georgia 0-17 1 2,329 0.0% 0.0%

Idaho 0-17 0 85 0.0% 0.0%

Illinois 0-19 4 6,095 0.1% 0.0%

Indiana 0-19 2 2,173 0.1% 0.1%

Iowa 0-17 0 638 0.0% 0.0%

Kansas 0-17 0 240 0.0% 0.0%

Kentucky 0-19 1 484 0.2% 0.1%

Louisiana 0-17 2 2,855 0.1% 0.1%

Maryland 0-19 1 2,750 0.0% 0.0%

Massachusetts 0-19 0 7,454 0.0% 0.0%

Michigan 0-19 3 5,708 0.1% 0.2%

Minnesota 0-19 0 1,236 0.0% 0.0%

Mississippi 0-17 0 868 0.0% 0.0%

Appendix Table 6A: Child Mortality Data Available on 6/11/20COVID-19-Associated Deaths and Children

* Number of child deaths / number of child cases

Location Age range Number of child deaths

Total deaths

(all ages) Percent children of total deaths

Percent of child cases resulting in

death*

Missouri 0-19 0 848 0.0% 0.0%

Nebraska 0-19 1 195 0.5% 0.1%

Nevada 0-19 1 448 0.2% 0.1%

New Hampshire 0-19 0 301 0.0% 0.0%

New Jersey 0-17 6 12,374 0.1% 0.2%

North Carolina 0-17 1 1,064 0.1% 0.0%

North Dakota 0-19 0 73 0.0% 0.0%

NYC 0-17 11 17,255 0.1% 0.2%

Ohio 0-19 0 2,457 0.0% 0.0%

Oklahoma 0-17 0 357 0.0% 0.0%

Oregon 0-19 0 169 0.0% 0.0%

Rhode Island 0-19 0 823 0.0% 0.0%

South Carolina 0-20 0 568 0.2% 0.0%

South Dakota 0-19 0 69 0.0% 0.0%

Tennessee 0-20 2 436 0.5% 0.1%

Texas 0-19 2 664 0.3% 0.3%

Vermont 0-19 0 55 0.0% 0.0%

Virginia 0-19 0 1,520 0.0% 0.0%

Washington 0-19 0 1,190 0.0% 0.0%

Wisconsin 0-19 0 671 0.0% 0.0%

Appendix Table 6B: Child Mortality Data Available on 6/11/20COVID-19-Associated Deaths and Children

* Number of child deaths / number of child cases