FILE - A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing site at St. John's Well Child and Family Center, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, July 24, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - Recent data from a joint report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association found more than 74,000 new coronavirus cases in children since early August.The report found that between Aug.
6 and Aug. 20, the total number of cases of COVID-19 in children in the U.S. increased by 21%. The data was compiled by the health department websites of 49 states, and children represented more than 9% of all cases.