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COVID-19 Trends Among School-Aged Children — United States, March 1–September 19, 2020
1; Sandy Price1; Sarah Sliwa, PhD1; Anne Kimball, MD1,2; Leigh Szucs, PhD1; Elise Caruso, MPH1; Shana Godfred-Cato, DO1; Matthew Lozier, PhD1 (View author affiliations)Children aged <10 years can transmit SARS-CoV-2 in school settings, but less is known about COVID-19 incidence, characteristics, and health outcomes among school-aged children (aged 5–17 years) with COVID-19.Since March, 277,285 COVID-19 cases in children have been reported. COVID-19 incidence among adolescents aged 12–17 years was approximately twice that in children aged 5–11 years.