US: COVID-19 cases among children peaked in September, shows data
More than 6 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 1.1 million new cases recorded from September 3 to September 30.
The data has been obtained from individual states, which have varying definitions of "child."
While some include 19-year-olds, West Virginia includes people up to age 20.
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A very small proportion of young children infected with COVID-19 get severely ill or die.
The weekly data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that COVID-19 deaths among children under age 15 also reached their highest level in September.
Recently, Pfizer has asked the US government to approve the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years old, and if regulators agree, injections may start within weeks. In a trial of children, Pfizer had previously declared that a lower dose of their vaccine worked and looked to be safe.
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech officially submitted their application to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
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The data will be debated by FDA advisers later this month.
Last month, Pfizer submitted research to the US Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children. Pfizer says it will also submit the data to the European Medicines Agency and other regulators.
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