COVID-19 Admissions by Age Group

What are the hospital admissions by age?

A matron in a London hospital claimed on BBC Radio 5 Live:

It was minimally affecting children in the first wave. We have a whole ward of children here. I know some of my colleagues are in the same position — where they have whole wards of COVID.

This article examines hospital admissions with COVID-19 by age group.

Hospital admissions by age group

BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Adrian Chiles interviewed a matron at a London hospital.

In response to this media report, Prof Russell Viner (President of RCPCH) said:

Children’s wards are usually busy in winter. As of now we are not seeing significant pressure from COVID-19 in paediatrics across the UK. As cases in the community rise there will be a small increase in the number of children we see with COVID-19, but the overwhelming majority of children and young people have no symptoms or very mild illness only. The new variant appears to affect all ages and, as yet, we are not seeing any greater severity amongst children and young people.