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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Where did you get that data? It doesn't appear to match with this FL DoH data.
This data shows 237,927 cases in children under 18 which is close to the number above. However it shows 11 deaths in that group since the beginning of Covid, not just since March 1.
The ER numbers above must represent the number of children taken to the ER to see a doctor but not hospitalized since the hospitalization number is far lower. And again, the hospitalization number appears to be since the beginning of Covid and not just since March 1.
EDIT: It is possible that the cumulative report for a period prior to March showed zero deaths which would make the data above correct. |
Oh you're right, it's total tests to date in Florida. And I got it from the Florida Community Dashboard, which is considered more comprehensive and more accurate than the one published by the Department of Health, which is heavily filtered.
Experience
If you scroll down and click on any of the counties (exactly like you'd do for the DoH dashboard) you can see that in Hillsborough County, as of *this week* (specifically) there were 475 new pediatric cases reported. Of those, 465 were admitted to the emergency room (which doesn't mean it's an actual emergency but many people don't have "regular" doctors and use the ER instead). Of those 465 ER cases, 73 were admitted into the hospital. Two children are dead, as of this week.