The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says they have obtained reports of 792 cases showing cases of a rare disease similar to COVID-19. The disease, called Multisistmic Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), also relevant with 16 reported deaths in 42 states. , New York and Washington, D. C. , last Thursday.
Almost all cases concerned young people who tested positive for coronavirus, while the others were among those close to a user with COVID-19. More than 70% of cases concerned Hispanic/Latino or black youth, according to the CDC.
Most young people developed the disease 2 to four weeks after becoming infected, according to the agency.
Children with this disease may have inflammation of the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. They may also have a fever, and symptoms include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, neck pain, rash, bloodshot eyes, and additional tired feeling, according to the CDC.
“MIS-C is a new syndrome, and there are many questions left as to why some young people expand it after COVID-19 disease or come into contact with COVID-19, while others don’t,” he says.
Data released Tuesday through the Florida Department of Health show that 64 young people in the state have been diagnosed with the disease. Another case has been reported in the state in a 20-year-old.
The Health Department did not say when 14 of the 65 total cases in the state were diagnosed. The other cases were diagnosed between May 15, when a 14-year-old Miami-Dade County boy showed the syndrome, and August 18.
More than 500,000 young people across the United States have tested positive for coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The organization said this week that young people accounted for 9. 8% of all COVID-19 cases in the country, where more than 6. 3 million cases were reported in total, according to a johns Hopkins University account.