Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box announced last week that a new statistic is available on the state’s coronavirus dashboard.
“As we begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds we want to also include information about the number of cases that we’re seeing of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C,” stated Dr. Box. “This is a condition in which different parts of the body can become inflamed including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, and other organs. MIS-C is really related to this hyper-immune inflammation that results usually after exposure to COVID-19.”
Dr. Box noted there have been 89 cases in residents under the age of 20 of MIS-C in Indiana as of Wednesday, May 12.
Dr. Box continued, “Nearly two-thirds of those cases have occurred in males. Thankfully, all of these individuals have been discharged from the hospital. We will add this to our dashboard as yet another way to measure the effectiveness of vaccines in our younger populations.”
The Indiana Department of Health’s coronavirus dashboard can be accessed at www.cororonavirus.in.gov where the new statistic can be seen.
