CDC Confirms COVID Link to Inflammatory Syndrome in Kids; 145 Potential Cases in NYC

What to Know

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the link between a rare, potentially deadly syndrome in children with COVID-19

• New York City confirmed 145 cases of children sickened by PIMS, a number that may change under CDC's latest definition now referred to as MIS-C

• The syndrome has now been reported in nearly half the nation's states, including New Jersey and Connecticut