Return to Elementary/High Schools Coincides with Positive COVID-19 Cases for Bucks County Students

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COVID-19 cases among school-aged children have risen alarmingly since the recent return to class.

Bucks County students settling into the first weeks of school faced the usual worries about doing well and making friends. But they also faced a health threat with more serious implications. Kate Fishman, of the Bensalem Patch, got the details.

Positive COVID-19 infections were verified in 131 children between the ages of five and 19 for the week of September 2-8.

Bucks County’s younger residents fared somewhat better health wise, which does little to quell parental worry: 25 preschoolers aged four and under also tested positive.

The total number of children fighting a COVID-19 infection in Bucks County over the past 30 days is 635.

Among adults in the county, case numbers tailed off slightly since the end of August, according to the Bucks County Health Department.

Vaccination rates countywide are also down.

As a measure of the overall slippage, however, the health department points out that at the onset of August, Bucks County had only 10 patients hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection.

By September 13, that figure had risen to 59.

And since September 1, the county has seen three pandemic-related deaths.

Vaccines are still being highly recommended for eligible residents. Information on obtaining shots is online.

More on this story is at the Bensalem Patch.

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