At their peak, weekly pediatric Covid-19 hospitalization rates were four times higher during a period of Omicron dominance than during a period of Delta dominance
. Children younger than 5 saw the largest increase, with hospitalization rates that were more than five times higher during Omicron than during Delta.
The authors of the study also highlight the importance of addressing racial and ethnic disparities in vaccination. More than 42% of unvaccinated adolescents who were hospitalized with Covid-19 were Black. For this study, data from about 2,000 pediatric hospitalizations captured by the CDC's Covid-19 Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network were analyzed.
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