The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday provided an update on the mysterious rash of hepatitis cases among children.
So far, it noted that 36 states and territories have reported child liver inflammation cases, as it continued to say the cause is not known. About 180 pediatric cases have been under investigation over the past seven months, which is an increase of 71 cases since the last major CDC update on May 5.
No new deaths were reported in the update. Previously, the agency said five deaths have been reported to date.
“While this may appear to be a large increase in patients under investigation over the last two weeks, it’s important to understand that the vast majority of these are what we consider ‘retrospective’ patients,” the agency said in a statement. “Since CDC’s investigation looks at patients reported back to October of 2021, most of these numbers involve patients that are just now being reported, rather than new cases of hepatitis.”…