Palm Beach County's health director shared some cautiously optimistic news on Tuesday about COVID-19 cases in the county.
CHILDREN AND AND COVID 19.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5QUESADA JOINS US FROM THEDISTRICT HEADQUARTERS WIWHAT THE NUMBERS REVEAL.TEENS MAKE UP MAJORITY OFPEDIATRIC COVID-19HOSPITALIZATIONS COVID 19NUMBERS SHOW THAT THE MAJORITYOF HOSPITALIZATIONS INVOLVINGCHILDREN ARE HAPPENING IN THVIRUS BETTER THAN ADULTS BUTTEENAGERS ARE CLOSEST IN AGETO ADULTS- EXPERTS SAY THATCOULD BE A REASON WHY THEY ASEEING HOSPITALIZATIONS INTHAT AGE GROUP.
PKG: OUT OFMORE THAN 19 THOUSAND KIDSTESTED FOR COVID IN PALM BEACHCOUNTY NEARLY 28-HUNDRED HAVETESTED POSITIVE& PALM BEACHCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTDIRECTOR DR. ALINA ALONSO SAYSEVEN WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE INTHE POSITIVITY RATE THOSENUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY LOW.DR. ALINA ALONSO - PBC HEALTHDEPARTMENT DIRECTOR 18:37 MOSTOF THESE KIDS - THE MAJORITYOF THEM AS YOU CAN SEE DO NOTDIE AND AND VERY FEW ONLY 436CHILDREN IN THE WHOLE STATEHAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED ANDTHEY RECUPERATE VERY QUICKLYPEDIATRIC E-R DOCTOR ANGELICAJOHNSON SAYS IT'S TRUE MORETEENS ARE BEING ADMITTED WITHCOVID-19& AND SOME WITH THEMULTI INFLAMMATORY SYSTEMSYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH TVIRUS.
DR. ANGELICA JOHNSONPEDIATRIC E-R PHYSICIAN 1:36THEY HAD COVID AT SOME POINT -THEY HAVE THE COMPLICATION NOWOR THEY CURRENTLY HAVE COVIDTHEY ARE TESTING POSITIVE FORCOVID AND THEY ARE HAVING SOMETYPE OF PNEUMONIA ORRESPIRATORY DISTRESS E-S-ETEACHER ADRIENNE JURGENS SAYSSHE'S GLAD SCHOOL IN PALM BEACHCOUNTY IS SRARTING OUTVIRTUALLY BUT HAS CONCERNSABOUT WHEN THE DISTRICT DOESBEGIN TO ALLOW STUDENTS BACKON CAMPUS&SHE WILL BE TEACHINGHIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN ON THEAUTISM SPECTRUM WHO MAY NOTUNDERSTAND SOCIAL DISTANCING.ADRIENNE JURGENS - ESE TEACHER2:21 A LOT OF TIMES THESPECIAL NEEDS KIDS THEY NEED ALOT MORE ATTENTION THEY NEED ALOT MORE LOVE I JUST DONTTHINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD MIXFOR THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THJUST DON'T THEY PROBABLYWOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PALMBEACH COUNTY CHOOL DISTRICTPLANS TO HAVE A SPECIALMEETING WEDNESDAY AT 2-PM TORE-EVALUATE RE-ENTRY OPTIONS.PREVIOUSLY THE DISTRICTPLANNED TO WELCOME BACKSTUDENTS ON CAMPUSES IN PHASESBUT NOW IT WILL BE BASED OPARENT CHOICE.
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