More than 97,000 American children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July.<br /><br />The numbers were reported and published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.<br /><br />CNN reports that during those two weeks, there was a 40% increase in child cases across the states and cities that were studied. <br /><br />The age range for children differed by state, with some defining children as only those up to age 14.<br /><br />The data comes as more states are pushing to reopen schools amid the uncontrolled pandemic. <br /><br />President Donald Trump has said the virus doesn't pose a large risk to children, however, studies prove otherwise. <br /><br />In one recent study older children were found to transmit the virus just as much as adults. <br /><br />At least 86 children have died from COVID-19 since May, according to the new report. <br /><br />Last week, a 7-year-old boy with no pre-existing conditions became the youngest person to die from coronavirus in Georgia. <br /><br />In Florida, two teens died earlier this month bringing the state's death toll of children to seven.
