UK Government Dashboard
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
From as early as January 2020 the UK was reassured that children didn't catch Covid-19, they didn't appear to transmit it and they certainly didn't get sick or die. This false narrative is now embedded into the heart of communities, research has been slow and this myth continues along with handwashing being best defense.
Since early on in 2020 Long Covid Kids founders have been removing adult data to analyze the affect of the pandemic on and between children. The fallacy of relative privation asserts that if something is worse than the problem currently being discussed, then the problem being discussed isn't really of importance at all. Comparing adult with child data has led to exactly this and the harm caused to children from Covid-19 infection has been largely brushed aside - reference to it usually branded 'scaremongering'.
Almost two years on we are now a charity and continue to focus on the health and wellbeing of children affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. By removing over 18's data from that provided by the Government Dashboard, The UK Health Security Agency and The Office for National Statistics we ensure that see child specific official statistics and graphs. Our charity goes one step further and looks at Covid-19 vaccine data for children as well as flu and RSV rates too. These will be added to our website soon.
Infections in school aged children
Case numbers do not include children who have been re-infected (Except Wales). UKHSA is working on including reinfections by the end of January 2022.
We will hit 3 million total child Covid-19 cases in the next few days
8th January sees a new record total of daily Child Covid-19 infections at 30,220
156,569 children were isolating (PCR positive) on Christmas Day
Cases are higher and rose faster in households with children REACT1 Data 4th November 21
Child Covid-19 Hospital Admissions
Excludes RSV which uses a separate test
71% of all-age hospital admissions list Covid-19 as the primary reason for admission.
60% of child admissions list Covid-19 as the primary reason (New York State analysis of Omicron, January 2022)
Child Covid-19 admissions are just short of 2, 000 for December (1,969 child Covid-19 admissions)
over 1,000 child Covid-19 admissions for the 6th month in a row, and rising again
In London, Omicron epicenter, admissions are 5x higher in under 5s than 1 month ago
6.1% of all child Covid-19 hospital admissions are children
In England, 84 children were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 on Christmas Day
Over the 12 days of Christmas, 1,394 child Covid-19 hospital admissions
1 in 168 infected children have been admitted to hospital since the pandemic began
Government research shows that 80% of Alpha to Delta admissions are directly due to Covid-19 and 60% of those have no underlaying conditions
Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome
These hospital admissions are IN ADDITION to COVID-19 admissions
These children are usually admitted after the 14-day testing cut-off
There were 720 PIMs admissions to the end of February 2021
Almost half of children in hospital, and a third with the late severe complication of PIMS-TS, had no underlaying health conditions
A quarter of children hospitalised for COVID-19 experience persistent symptoms on average 8.5 months after hospitalisation
Paediatric Deaths
Click image to read article regarding the misinformation reported in the Smith et al Nature Medicine paper on child deaths in England up to February 2021. Findings from this paper have been widely reported in mainstream media which have stated "only 6 healthy children" have died from Covid-19. This is not true, as evidenced.
Using population rates is misleading.
Led by Tom Lawton with input from three of our own Long Covid Kids supporters and experts, Dr Deepti Gurdasani, Dr Stephen Griffin and LCK Data Analyst, James Neill.
44% increase in paediatic deaths since "Freedom Day' (31 July to 29 Dec 2020)
128 UK paediatric COVID-19 deaths (UKHSA)
1 in 23 deaths of 5-19 year olds involved Covid-19 (ONS)
Covid-19 is a top 5 cause of death for 5-19 year olds in 2021 (ONS)
88% of the child deaths in wave 3 had CV19 as the underlaying cause of death, (not due to pre-existing conditions. ONS)
Vaccines Work
Long Covid in Children
In the UK we do not yet count Long Covid. We therefore, rely on estimates from research and lived experience. Different studies have different estimates due to use of different symptoms, number of symptoms, symptom durations, case ascertainments, population representativeness, and definitions of relapsing and remitting symptoms. Some studies have a control group and others do not. There is now a World Health Organisation agreed definition for Long Covid in adults. Long Covid Kids are participating in the process for a definition for children as part of the CLOCK study.
Long Covid Kids Champion, Dr Nisreen Alwan
"I challenge those who rubbish self-reporting of Long Covid. I say, there's no better way
in the absence of a valid and reliable biomarker or specific imaging finding.
As a general rule, believe what people tell you
about the difference in their own bodies before and after infection"
Sadly mainstream media have long minimised Long Covid and usually choose the lowest prevalence figure published despite experts raising concern about the methodology gaps used in the research.
A small percentage of a large number should raise concerns amongst all. Children are not supposed to become ill and die.
United States of America
“One year after becoming ill w/ the coronavirus, nearly half of patients in a large study were still experiencing at least one lingering health symptom”
The CDC stated nearly half of infected children were experiencing Long Covid, and early research stated 43%.
Latest Long Covid Figures
Age 2 - 11 yrs** Age 12 - 16 yrs**
4+ weeks 117, 000 children 1 in 185* 1 in 54*
12 weeks 49 000 children 1 in 470* 1 in 122*
12+ months 20 000 children 1 in 800* 1 in 380*
* Approximates
** Includes all children of these ages, not just those infected
1 in 7 children (14%) infected with COVID-19 suffer Long Covid
Blogs
Long Covid in Teaching & Education Staff (ONS)
Education is now the second worst employment sector for suffering Long Covid after social care.
Monthly Child Covid Summary
Month Cases Admissions Deaths Long Covid
0-19 yrs 0-17 yrs 0-19 yrs 28-day
July 271,344 1,153 5 34,000
August 203,122 1,229 7 38,000
September 328,697 1,078 10 53,000
October 442,841 1,228 12 69,000
November 372,589 1,087 6 77,000
December 548,289 1,969 TBC 114, 000
ONS
UK Dashboard
Next release 3rd February 2022
Interactive Dashboard with Children's Covid-19 Data
By Antonio Caramia
Click image to enter site
Image dated 6th January 2022.
857 Child Covid Hospital Admissions in the Past 7 Days
When community COVID-19 transmission is high:
Education disruption occurs;
Child Covid hospital admissions rise;
The number of children suffering Long Covid/chronic illness increases;
More children die
Our Charity Provides Facts
Sources and Contact Details
Admissions
Cases
Deaths
Data Analysis, graphs and statistics
Data
Collated and reported by Ellie Tigress
Contact Ellie @TigressEllie
Interactive dashboard and stats
By Antonio Caramia
Contact Antonio @Antonio_Caramia
Compiled by LCK Founding Member Nathalie Pearson
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