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By Jen Christensen and Christina Maxouris, CNN
Updated 10:05 PM ET, Tue December 28, 2021
(CNN)Inside one children’s hospital in Chicago, Covid-19 cases are roughly three times higher than the hospital’s previous peak in December 2020. In the past week, hospitalizations are four times higher what the hospital typically sees.
And while the number of children going into the intensive care unit at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has not increased, Dr. Larry Kociolek says he expects that to change if infection numbers keep climbing.
But so far, among all the young patients admitted to the hospital recently, only one was fully vaccinated, said Kociolek, a pediatric infectious disease physician. That child had multiple underlying conditions that put them at risk for severe illness, he said.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/health/chicago-childrens-hospital-surge-doctor-vaccines/index.html