The US also reported the most Covid-19 hospitalizations, with more than 124,600 patients nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project. "The next couple of months are going to be awful," said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine at George Washington University. More than 2 million children have had Covid-19Meantime, Covid-19 cases in children continue to climb across the US. Children now represent about 12.4% of all Covid-19 cases in the US. Between December 10 and December 24, the report said there was a 22% increase in cases among children.

Source: CNN December 30, 2020 08:41 UTC