Children with COVID-19 are just as likely to suffer from the flu to the same degree.
Hospitalization, admittance to ICU, and mechanical ventilation to breathe are very similar rates.
Kids with COVID: 17% required hospitalization and 6% were admitted to ICU.
Children with the flu: 21% were admitted to the hospital and 7% to an ICU.
In addition, 3% of children with COVID-19 needed mechanical ventilation to maintain breathing.
This is compared to 2% of those with the flu being put on mechanical ventilation.