COVID hospitalization rates in babies as bad as for seniors amid Omicron wave, study shows

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Infants younger than 6 months had the same rate of hospitalization as seniors age 65 to 74 during this summer’s Omicron wave, according to a new report.

“These findings underscore the continued risk for COVID-19–associated hospitalization among infants [younger than] six months who are ineligible for vaccination,” the report said.the authors explained, “including the high infectivity and community transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and the relatively low threshold for hospitalizing infants for signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 relative to that in older children.

The COVID-19 hospitalization rate for infants younger than 6 months was similar to that of seniors age 65 to 74 during the summer Omicron surge.COVID-19 hospitalization rate spiked for both the youngest infants and younger seniors, eventually reaching about the same rate. Then, during the variant’s summer surge, the hospitalization rate for both groups climbed again, also hitting about the same rate.

In prior surges, the youngest infants were hospitalized at rates well below those among seniors age 65 to 74. The COVID-19 hospitalization rate for the youngest infants during the summer’s Omicron wave was significantly higher than the previous summer’s peak, which was dominated by the

 

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