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We assessed the cause of death in all CYP with a positive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test since the start of the pandemic in England.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods and findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CYP aged &lt;20 years who died within 100 days of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection between 01 March 2020 and 31 December 2021 in England were followed up in detail, using national databases, surveillance questionnaires, post-mortem reports, and clinician interviews.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There were 185 deaths during the 22-month follow-up and 81 (43.8%) were due to COVID-19. Compared to non-COVID-19 deaths in CYP with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, death due to COVID-19 was independently associated with older age (aOR 1.06 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01 to 1.11,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.02) and underlying comorbidities (aOR 2.52 95% CI 1.27 to 5.01,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.008), after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity group, and underlying conditions, with a shorter interval between SARS-CoV-2 testing and death. Half the COVID-19 deaths (41\/81, 50.6%) occurred within 7 days of confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection and 91% (74\/81) within 30 days. Of the COVID-19 deaths, 61 (75.3%) had an underlying condition, especially severe neurodisability (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 27) and immunocompromising conditions (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 12). Over the 22-month surveillance period, SARS-CoV-2 was responsible for 1.2% (81\/6,790) of all deaths in CYP aged &lt;20 years, with an infection fatality rate of 0.70\/100,000 SARS-CoV-2 infections in this age group estimated through real-time, nowcasting modelling, and a mortality rate of 0.61\/100,000. Limitations include possible under-ascertainment of deaths in CYP who were not tested for SARS-CoV-2 and lack of direct access to clinical data for hospitalised CYP.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>COVID-19 deaths remain extremely rare in CYP, with most fatalities occurring within 30 days of infection and in children with specific underlying conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1004118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,8]],"date-time":"2022-11-08T13:37:40Z","timestamp":1667914660000},"page":"e1004118","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pmed.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["COVID-19 deaths in children and young people in England, March 2020 to December 2021: An active prospective national surveillance study"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6226-1172","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Marta","family":"Bertran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zahin","family":"Amin-Chowdhury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9064-0874","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Hannah G.","family":"Davies","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7213-5471","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Hester","family":"Allen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1292-3673","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Tom","family":"Clare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chloe","family":"Davison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary","family":"Sinnathamby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0540-5897","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Giulia","family":"Seghezzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meaghan","family":"Kall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7615-6085","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Hannah","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2605-7369","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Nick","family":"Gent","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary E.","family":"Ramsay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0856-2476","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Shamez N.","family":"Ladhani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8863-3969","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Godwin","family":"Oligbu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmed.1004118.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1596\/33738","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2020","journal-title":"Listings of WHO\u2019s response to COVID-19"},{"key":"pmed.1004118.ref002","unstructured":"World Health Organization. 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