High school students account for majority of COVID cases in ages 10-19, health officials say

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — As the faculty 12 months winds down into the summer season, something else is buying back again up.

On any presented Tuesday, you will likely find epidemiologist Collette Dougherty researching and investigating COVID outbreaks for the Chesapeake Wellbeing Department.

Mirroring condition and national traits, COVID conditions amid school-age young children are on the slow rise as effectively. 

“The slight enhance in the faculty scenarios is not unanticipated,” Dougherty explained.

Of the three ranges of training (elementary, center and large university), Dougherty reported at minimum in the City of Chesapeake, it is large school students who account for the largest of individuals increases.

“We’re looking at increases across the board, not spectacular jumps but slight upticks. We see a lot more situations in our significant school students,” she reported. 

In accordance to Chesapeake Community School’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Tuesday afternoon, the “new everyday circumstance depend” came in at 43 for the division, and more than 500 around the last 14 days. The similar dashboard accounts for 5 outbreaks inside of the division, and Dougherty claimed it truly is the time of 12 months which is contributing to the improves.

“Particularly with return to conclusion-of-12 months activities: promenade, dances, graduations, issues like that,” Dougherty said. 

According to VDH facts, there have been far more than 12,000 COVID conditions amid Virginians involving the ages of 10 to 19 in the previous 13 weeks. Across eight Hampton Roads’ wellbeing districts (which includes Western Tidewater and the Eastern Shore), the instances by age group appear in at 1,588 in excess of the past 13 weeks. 

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