Virginia’s health department will publish a new data dashboard on COVID-19 cases among children as the state tracks an increase.
The COVID-19 in Virginia: Cases Among Children dashboard will display COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths among people age 17 and younger.
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WATCH HERE“The dashboard is being added because of the increase in COVID-19 cases among children across the state since the end of the summer,” the Virginia Department of Health said in a statement Monday.
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The data dashboard will be published here and updated every Friday.
State health officials recommend COVID-19 vaccinations for all people 12 and older.
“Widespread vaccination of eligible Virginians can protect all children, especially those who are still too young to be vaccinated,” they said.
