The summer increase in hospitalizations among children with COVID-19 has rapidly reversed right around the start of the school year. Children have consistently been among the least likely to fall seriously ill of COVID. Back in June, about one in a million children were admitted to hospital with a confirmed infection every day, according to data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As the summer went on, however, the admission rate started to climb, reaching about five per million in early September. The rate has since dropped again, standing at 3.5 per million for children age 1-17 as of Sept. 27. That’s closer to the January numbers, when the rate reached 3 per million. Recent data may still get updated, the CDC notes. The summer spike in hospitalizations was concentrated in southern states, particularly Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. Of the more than 20,000 child COVID-19 hospitalizations …