Pediatric intensive care units, which treated thousands of young patients during the late-summer delta surge, are now struggling to save the latest round of extremely sick children.
More than 6 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 1.1 million new cases recorded in September alone.
States can pre-order COVID-19 vaccine doses for younger children this week as they begin to set up vaccination campaigns for ages 5-11, according to The Associated Press.
The United States just passed the 6-million mark in COVID-19 cases among children, with the last million cases taking less time to record than any of the first five.