Covid Italy, Iss: 25% infections are under 20

A quarter of the new cases of Covid-19 in Italy concern the under 20s, and among small children hospitalizations are rising. This is the trend reported by the Higher Institute of Health, in the latest weekly report on the progress of the epidemic in Italy. “In the last week – reads the report – the trend observed in the previous one is confirmed, with 25% of cases diagnosed in the population under the age of 20. 49% of school age cases were diagnosed in the age group 6-11 years “, the one for which the possibility of a vaccine is expected shortly, and in which” there is, starting from the second week of October, a greater increase in the incidence compared to the rest of the population in school age, with a surge in the last 2 weeks “. In school age, “34% of cases were diagnosed in the 12-19 age group”, while “only 11% and 6%, respectively, between the ages of 3 and 5 and under 3”. Among the little ones, however, hospitalizations are increasing. “It is also highlighted – the experts note – an increase in the hospitalization rate in the age group under 3 years”, although “just above 2 hospitalizations per 100 thousand inhabitants, in recent weeks, while in the other age groups it is stable”.