Child cases drop again but pediatric vaccination rates continue to lag
After the U.S. reported an unprecedented number of new pediatric COVID-19 infections last month, new cases among children have dropped again for the fourth week in a row.
But about 50.8% of kids 5 and older remain completely unvaccinated, according to CDC data.
Last week nearly 175,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 -- a huge drop from the peak level of 1,150,000 reported the week ending Jan. 20, according to new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
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However, the organizations warn that pediatric infections remain "very high," with numbers just below the peak level of the summer 2021 delta surge.
Also, many Americans are taking at-home tests and not submitting their results, so case totals are likely be higher than reported.
It's been more than three months since every American child over the age of 5 became eligible for the vaccine. But more than 27.1 million eligible children are unvaccinated.
-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos