Children have been hospitalized at nearly twice the rate of adults in the past 4 weeks, an NBC News data analysis shows
In the last four weeks, the average number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. jumped 52 %, from 1,270 on Nov. 29 to 1,933 on Sunday, according to an NBC News analysis of Department of Health and Human Services data.
And in 10 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, the number of kids hospitalized with COVID has more than doubled, according to the analysis. The data does not specify whether the children were vaccinated or vaccine-eligible.
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