Health officials said May 6 that dozens more children have been hospitalized in New York City with symptoms suggestive of a rare disease with possible links to COVID-19, multiple news outlets reported.
The number of children admitted to area hospitals has nearly quadrupled to 64, according to state officials cited by CNN, with doctors describing the unknown syndrome as “pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome” that bears some semblance to Kawasaki disease. With symptoms that can include high fever and peeling skin, Kawasaki disease causes swelling of arteries throughout the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.
