The UN IGME undertook an analysis of excess mortality among children, adolescents and youth as well as stillbirths in 20 for its most recent annual child mortality report: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2022, which provides country, regional and global estimates of mortality for ages 0-24 years up to 2021, and for its most recent stillbirths report: Never Forgotten: The situation of stillbirth around the globe. However, there is concern that the indirect effects of the pandemic on mortality in these age groups stemming from strained health systems, household income loss, and disruptions to care-seeking and preventative interventions like vaccination may be more substantial. The available evidence indicates the direct impact of COVID-19 on child, adolescent and youth mortality to be limited. For more information, including age and sex disaggregated data, visit our interactive dashboard.ġbased off 65 per cent of the total global deaths reported by JHU.

Of the over 17,400 deaths reported in those under 20 years of age, 53 per cent occurred among adolescents ages 10–19, and 47 per cent among children ages 0–9.ĭata correct as of December 2023. How many children have died from COVID-19?Īmong the 4.4 million COVID-19 deaths 1 reported in the MPIDR COVerAGE database, 0.4 per cent (over 17,400) occurred in children and adolescents under 20 years of age. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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