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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Brittny Mejia

At California hospitals, many children are coming in with COVID — not for COVID

SAN DIEGO — A unicorn stuffed animal kept the little girl company in the special infectious-disease unit at Rady Children's Hospital.

The pink sign on Rachel Ward's door warned that extra precautions were needed and that the door should remain closed. The 6-year-old could have one visitor in the room with her.

Rachel was one of 28 coronavirus-positive children in the San Diego hospital on a recent Wednesday. They ranged in age from 2 weeks to 17 years old.

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