Hospitalization of Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020–April 24, 2021
Fiona P. Havers, Michael Whitaker, Julie L. Self, Shua J. Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Nisha B. Alden, Breanna Kawasaki, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey‐Hindes, Evan J. Anderson, Kyle P. Openo, Andrew Weigel, Kenzie Teno, Maya Monroe, Patricia Ryan, Libby Reeg, Alexander Kohrman, Ruth Lynfield, Kathryn Como‐Sabetti, Mayvilynne Poblete, Chelsea McMullen, Alison Muse, Nancy Spina, Nancy M. Bennett, Maria Gaitán, Laurie M. Billing, Jess Shiltz, Melissa Sutton, Nasreen Abdullah, William Schaffner, H. Keipp Talbot, Melanie Crossland, Andrea George, Kadam Patel, Huong Pham, Jennifer Milucky, Onika Anglin, Dawud Ujamaa, Aron J. Hall, Shikha Garg, Christopher A. Taylor, COVID-NET Surveillance Team, COVID-NET Surveillance Team, Gretchen Rothrock, Arthur Reingold, Millen Tsegaye, Sarah McLafferty, Amber Maslar, Paula Clogher, Adam Misiorski, Christina Parisi, Maria Correa, Tessa Carter, Carol Lyons, Daewi Kim, Gaggan Brar, Emily Fawcett, Allison Dorothy Roebling, Katelyn Ward, Jana Manning, Asmith Joseph, Chandler Surell, Daniel Pizarro, Jeremiah Williams, Rayna Ceaser, S Nusinoff Lehman, Taylor Eisenstein, Gracie Chambers, Grayson Kallas, Lauren Russell, Suzanne Segler, David Blythe, Alicia Brooks, Erica Bye, Richard Danila, Cory Cline, Susan L. Ropp, Chad Smelser, Daniel M. Sosin, Salina Torres, Kathy Angeles, Melissa Christian, Nancy Eisenberg, Kristina Flores, Caroline Habrun, Emily Hancock, Sarah A. Khanlian, Meaghan Novi, Erin C. Phipps, Dominic Rudin, Yadira Salazar-Sanchez, J.M. Segall, Sarah Shrum Davis, Grant Barney, Christina B. Felsen, Sophrena Bushey, Kevin Popham, Virginia Cafferky, Christine Long, RaeAnne Kurtz
Abstract
COVID-19 adolescent hospitalization rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 in early January 2021, declined to 0.6 in mid-March, and rose to 1.3 in April. Among hospitalized adolescents, nearly one-third required intensive care unit admission and 5% required invasive mechanical ventilation, but no associated deaths occurred.