Children under 12 leading new COVID-19 infections across Canada, PHAC says | FULL

Children under 12 are now leading the country in new COVID-19 infections as they await approval for vaccination, Canada’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Theresa Tam said during a Friday news conference.

In new national data released Friday, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) officials said that during the fourth wave, infections in that age group surpassed those of all other age groups for the first time in the pandemic.

The trend comes as vaccination increases in older age groups, while children under 12 await approval for a jab.

Officials added that the majority of cases among children do not involve severe illness. In fact, fewer than one per cent of children and youth up to 19 years of age with COVID-19 have been severely sick. To date, more than 350,000 cases have been reported in that age range.

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