Orange County Children’s Hospital Has Treated Hundreds of Patients for COVID
Nearly 400 patients have required hospitalization at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) for COVID-19 since last March, The Epoch Times has learned.
In all, CHOC has seen 4,071 positive COVID-19 virus cases since the pandemic began, including 61 patients who required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment. There have been 35 confirmed cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children and young adults at CHOC, a hospital spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
Meantime, Los Angeles County said Jan. 23 that it has seen an increase in children with MIS. Since the start of the pandemic, it has reported cases in 62 children, including one death. All were hospitalized, and 45 percent were treated in an ICU. Of the children suffering from the syndrome, 31 percent were below the age of 5, and 37 percent were between the ages of 5 and 11. Another 32 percent of MIS patients were between the ages