This report describes increases in COVID-19 hospitalization rates among children and adolescents during Omicron, especially among children not yet eligible for vaccination.
COVID-19 adolescent hospitalization rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 in early January 2021, declined to 0.6 in mid-March, and rose to 1.3 in April. Among hospitalized adolescents, nearly one-third required intensive care unit admission and 5% required invasive mechanical ventilation, but no associated deaths occurred.