Rate of long COVID in hospitalized children nearly 10%, study finds

Nearly 6% of children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after seeking care at an emergency department reported lasting effects from their infection, according to the results of a large study of pediatric long COVID published Friday.
The rate of long COVID in study participants who ended up being hospitalized was almost 10% — more than double the rate of children who were not hospitalized — although the authors of the study noted that “these rates were only slightly higher than the rates among SARS-CoV-2-negative controls.”
“Early reports estimated that 25% to 58%

Nearly 6% of children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after seeking care at an emergency department reported lasting effects from their infection, according to the results of a large study of pediatric long COVID published Friday.
The rate of long COVID in study participants who ended up being hospitalized was almost 10% — more than double the rate of children who were not hospitalized — although the authors of the study noted that “these rates were only slightly higher than the rates among SARS-CoV-2-negative controls.”
“Early reports estimated that 25% to 58%