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Covid: Iss, the percentage of cases in school age rises

11/5/2022, 10:24:16 AM


Most affected are 12-19 year olds. Over 4.6 million since the start of the pandemic (ANSA)

The percentage of Covid cases in school age rises compared to the general population (8.1% compared to 7.5%).

In the last week, of these, 17% of cases were diagnosed under the age of 5, 34% in the 5-11 age group and 49% in the 12-19 age group.

This is what the extended report that integrates the weekly monitoring of Covid in Italy reports.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, 4,648,316 cases have been diagnosed and reported to the COVID-19 integrated surveillance system in the population aged 0-19, of which 23,707 hospitalized, 527 hospitalized in intensive care and 72 deaths.