Are Children Less Susceptible To COVID-19? A Case Series

Abstract

<strong><em>Background</em></strong><br /> The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 [2019-nCoV]) is the origin of several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. According to the reported data, children are less common to be infected by COVID-19. Besides, their mortality rate is almost zero.<br /> <strong><em>Case Presentation</em></strong><br /> In this article, we investigated six children who were infected by COVID-19 and discuss the various symptoms of disease in children.<br /> <strong><em>Conclusion</em></strong><br /> In this article, we investigated six children with various clinical manifestations, and based on our patients' presentations, death undoubtedly occurs among children infected by COVID-19. The majority of our sample population includes boys, therefore we suggest this theory that this virus is more probable to be severe among the male gender.