The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put forward data on Friday that showed the amount of young kids who are brought to the hospital and tested positive for COVID-19 went up in the past week, but there is more to the information than is first evident.

The data included kids who were taken to the hospital for issues other than COVID-19 and then received a positive test result.

The New York Times reported, “The rise may at least be partly explained by the overall surge of Omicron cases, which affects all populations, as well as the spread of other respiratory infections. And officials said there was no sign of an increase in severe cases.”

Over four in 100,000 kids ages 4 years or below taken to hospitals had the coronavirus as of January 1, which is twice the reported rate from a month prior, and around three times the rate during the same time period a year ago.

“By contrast, the rate of hospitalized 5- to 11-year-olds with Covid was 0.6 per 100,000, roughly the same figure reported over past many months,” the Times also reported.

“The rise may be partly explained by the surge of Omicron cases, which affects all populations, and the spread of other respiratory infections,” the Times noted.

The outlet noted that there was some concern that Omicron impacts young children in a worse manner than it does older kids, but children ages 0-4 are not yet able to be vaccinated, which could partially be a reason for the results. However, just 16% of kids ages 5 to 11 have been fully-vaccinated, per CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The Times further noted, “Children infected with the variant are still at much less risk of becoming severely ill compared with adults, and even young children seem less likely to need ventilators than those admitted during previous surges, doctors said.”