Children Fatalities From COVID-19 Are Very Rare

As of November 12, 2020, over 1 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. Children represented about 11.5% of all cases in states reporting cases by age, reported the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association on November 16, 2020.

However, children were 0.00%-0.21% of all COVID-19 fatalities reported and 16 states reported (0) child deaths.