Cases of Covid-19 among children might have increased, but their proportion to the total number of cases in the city has been the same for around five months. Even after the reopening of schools and rising cases in the city, the proportion of cases among children is stable at 10.8 per cent. There is a fear of infection among children below 18 years, as they are not vaccinated. But so far it seems the young population is safe.

Since last week, Covid infections are rising in the city. As schools for all students started on December 15, and the decision on vaccination of children is still on hold, there was a fear that cases among the younger generation may increase. During the first wave, 18,094 children below 19 years were infected between March 2020 and February 2021, accounting for 5.7 per cent of all cases in Mumbai. This rose to 13 per cent in June amid the second wave. Since then, the rate has hovered around 10.5 per cent. Reports of the fifth genome sequencing study also showed similar results.