DAYTON — A doctor at Dayton Children’s Hospital said in the last month, he is seeing an increase in positive COVID-19 tests.
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Dr. Jon Woltmann, a pediatric infectious disease physician, said most of the children are asymptomatic. He said those who do show symptoms often have fevers, coughs, congestion and runny noses.
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dayton Children’s had tested 7,986 children. Hospital leaders said about 4 percent have been positive.
Four months into the pandemic, Dr. Woltmann said he is optimistic about the patients’ health long term.
“For the most part, I think the vast majority of the children that have this exposure, they’re going to clear it. They’re not going to have any complications,” Dr. Woltmann said.