More than 97,000 Kids in US Tested br Positive for COVID-19 in July The stunning statistic comes from br a report published by the br American Academy of Pediatrics and br the Children's Hospital Association. The report focused on br the last two weeks of July. The numbers equate to a br 40 percent increase in child cases br in locations of the US where the report was focused. The age range of those br included in the report varied based br on how states organize data. Little is known about how children spread the virus, br as well as how it can affect them. br The youngest child known to have died from br the virus was a seven-year-old in Georgia. The report was released as br students are getting back to school, br many inviting students back br to campuses for in-person classes. Over the weekend, the U.S. surpassed br five million cases of coronavirus infections. br More than 162,000 people have died due to the virus.