
*Data imported from the Health and Human Services website, “COVID-19 Reported Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity by State”, 8/1/21 through 11/7/21
May 2021 Hospital Pediatrics included two reports demonstrating that true pediatric covid-19 hospitalizations were over counted by 40-45%:
a) Kushner LE, et al. “For COVID” or “With COVID”: Classification of SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations in Children. Hosp Pediatr. 2021; doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006001
b) Webb NE and Osburn TS. Characteristics of Hospitalized Children Positive for SARS-CoV-2: Experience of a Large Center. Hosp Pediatr. 2021; doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-005919