A large case series of pediatric patients in the U.S. has shown that neurologic symptoms occurred frequently in children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19.

Among 1,695 people aged 21 years or below hospitalized for acute COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), about 22% had neurologic involvement, reported researchers in JAMA Neurology. Most symptoms were transient; however, 12% of the children with neurologic involvement went on to develop life-threatening neurologic disorders. Neurologic symptoms associated with COVID-19 varied by age. The symptoms ranged from seizures or status epilepticus in younger patients to anosmia, ageusia, headache, fatigue, and weakness in the older age group. Around one in four children with neurologic involvement had altered awareness or confusion… (Medpage Today)