Nearly 340 children aged 1-10 contracted COVID-19 in June 2021: health ministry

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Image of a schoolkid getting her temperature checked through a thermal gun. Photo: File
Image of a schoolkid getting her temperature checked through a thermal gun. Photo: File

  • Nearly 340 children aged 1-10 contracted COVID-19 in June 2021, says the federal health ministry.
  • About 506 girls and 579 boys, aged 11 to 20 years old, were affected by the virus in the month of June.
  • Per the statistics, 11,375 girls and 16,406 boys aged 1 to 10 have been affected by COVID-19 in the country so far.


 KARACHI: The Federal Ministry of Health has recently issued age-wise statistics about youngsters affected by the novel coronavirus in the country in the month of June.

According to the data, in the month of June, a total of 137 girls and 201 boys, within the age bracket of 1 to 10 years old, were affected by the virus. 

Similarly, about 506 girls and 579 boys, aged 11 to 20 years old, were affected by the virus in the month of June, the ministry of health said. 

The statistics further revealed that in the same month, three girls and three boys within the age bracket of 1 to 10 years succumbed to the virus. 

As for those aged 11 years old to 20 years old, six girls and an equal number of boys died of COVID-19 related complications, the ministry of health said.

A total of 28 girls and 36 boys aged 1 to 10 have died from coronavirus in the country so far, while a total of 84 girls and 106 boys between the ages of 11 and 20 have died from the virus so far, ministry of health said.

Per the statistics, 11,375 girls and 16,406 boys aged 1 to 10 have been affected by COVID-19 in the country so far, while 32,449 girls and 45,831 boys, aged 11 to 20, have been affected by the virus in the country. 

Over 3,000 children contracted coronavirus in April alone

Back in April, more than 3,000 children between the age of 1-10 were diagnosed with coronavirus as per the data issued by the federal health ministry.

The data showed that 3,315 children between the ages of 1 and 10 and 12,162 boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 20 contracted COVID-19 in April.

It also showed that at least 19 children died due to the coronavirus over the course of the month.