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children earlier this month topped 250,000, surpassing the wintertime peak, according to data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association.
Since the pandemic began, more than 5 million children in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19.The delta variant has been identified in at least 180 countries, according to the World Health Organization.