SARS-CoV-2–Associated Deaths Among Persons Aged <21 Years — United States, February 12–July 31, 2020
Danae Bixler, Allison D. Miller, Claire P. Mattison, Burnestine Taylor, Kenneth Komatsu, Xandy Peterson Pompa, Steve Sang-Cheol Moon, Ellora Karmarkar, Caterina Y. Liu, John J. Openshaw, Rosalyn E. Plotzker, Hilary Rosen, Nisha B. Alden, Breanna Kawasaki, Alan Siniscalchi, Andrea Leapley, Cherie Drenzek, Melissa Tobin‐D’Angelo, Judy Kauerauf, Heather Reid, Eric J. Hawkins, Kelly White, Farah Ahmed, Julie Hand, Gillian Richardson, Theresa Sokol, Seth Eckel, Jim Collins, Stacy Holzbauer, Leslie Kollmann, Linnea Larson, Elizabeth Schiffman, Theresa Kittle, Kimberly Hertin, Vit Kraushaar, Devin Raman, Victoria LeGarde, Lindsey Kinsinger, Melissa Peek-Bullock, Jenna Lifshitz, Mojisola Ojo, Robert J. Arciuolo, Alexander Davidson, Mary Huynh, Maura K. Lash, Julia Latash, Ellen H. Lee, Lan Li, Emily McGibbon, Natasha McIntosh-Beckles, Renee Pouchet, J Ramachandran, Kathleen H. Reilly, Elizabeth Dufort, W Pulver, Ariela Zamcheck, Erica Wilson, Sietske de Fijter, Ozair Naqvi, Kumar Nalluswami, Kirsten Waller, Linda Bell, Anna‐Kathryn Burch, Rachel Radcliffe, Michelle D. Fiscus, Adele Lewis, Jonathan Kolsin, Stephen J. Pont, Andrea Salinas, Kelsey Sanders, Bree Barbeau, Sandy Althomsons, Sukhshant Atti, Jessica S. Brown, Arthur Chang, Kevin R. Clarke, Samik Datta, John K. Iskander, Brooke Leitgeb, Talia Pindyck, Lalita Priyamvada, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Nigel Scott, Laura Viens, Jonathan Zhong, Emilia H. Koumans, Pediatric Mortality Investigation Team, Pediatric Mortality Investigation Team, David Blythe, Laurel Harduar Morano, Carla L. Black, Carter McCabe, Xia Lin
Abstract
These data show that nearly three quarters of SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths among infants, children, adolescents, and young adults have occurred in persons aged 10-20 years, with a disproportionate percentage among young adults aged 18-20 years and among Hispanics, Blacks, AI/ANs, and persons with underlying medical conditions. Careful monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 infections, deaths, and other severe outcomes among persons aged <21 years remains particularly important as schools reopen in the United States. Ongoing evaluation of effectiveness of prevention and control strategies will also be important to inform public health guidance for schools and parents and other caregivers.