A shocking number of children were diagnosed with COVID-19 last week

[Andy Meek]

• The latest coronavirus update showing how much the virus is affecting children around the country reveals a worrying trend.
• The latest data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association shows that more than 61,000 children were diagnosed with COVID-19 last week -- more than during any other week of the pandemic.
• This comes as experts warn the coming weeks will present the US with the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic yet.

Everyone has been keenly focused on how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get this winter, with increasingly dour projections shared by public health experts like White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci. Speaking of Fauci, don't forget -- he shared the following coronavirus update with The Washington Post on Friday, regarding the US' prospects for the winter: "We're in for a whole lot of hurt. It's not a good situation. All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as you go into the fall and winter season, with people congregating at home indoors. You could not possibly be positioned more poorly."

These kinds of big-picture, large number predictions are what tend to dominate the coronavirus-related news cycle from one day to the next -- but they miss some important sub-trends inherent in those numbers which don't get talked about as much. For example, here's another sobering fact about the pandemic: A record number of children were diagnosed with COVID-19 just last week.

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