3 in 4 US Children Have Had COVID-19: CDC Estimate

Children play jump-rope on the street off 5th Avenue in New York City on March 7, 2022. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Three out of four children in the United States have had COVID-19, along with more than six in 10 young adults, according to new estimates.

Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that only a quarter of children 17 and younger have no signs of having had COVID-19.