The Virginia Department of Health reports an increase in the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19. Officials say the rate of hospitalizations among those ages 0 to 9 has increased by 500 percent since January. And for those in the 10 to 19 age group the rate of infection is over 2-1/2 times higher in those who are unvaccinated. Around 18% of Virginians under the age of 18 have received the vaccine.