The number of children in American hospitals with covid-19 is rising fast

In many countries where the Omicron variant has taken hold, the number of children hospitalised with covid-19 is rising quickly. In America, more are in hospital with the disease than ever before, including five times as many under-fives as in January last year. In England, in the week to January 9th, the hospitalisation rate for that age group was around 14 per 100,000, the highest for any group under 55.