SURGING COVID SPREAD: NY Dept Of Health Warns Of Rise In Child Hospitalizations

WPIX: Disturbing jump in NYC pediatric hospitalizations tied to COVID surge 

NEW YORK — The spiraling COVID-19 case numbers in New York are coming with a new warning of a disturbing rise in pediatric hospitalizations.

The New York State Department of Health on Friday warned of a “striking increase” in new hospital admissions for children.

The recent fourfold increase in admissions of children ages 18 and younger that began the week of Dec. 5 is concentrated in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area, where the highly contagious omicron variant has taken a startling hold....

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