Coronavirus cases are increasing amongst children in New Mexico."In children pay attention to abdominal symptoms, or nausea and vomitting," said David R. Scrase, secretary of the New Mexico Human Services Department.The state says New Mexico now with the 2nd highest rate of COVID-19 infections amongst children in the country."We're at 13 percent. The U.S. average is 3.2 percent, so the infection rate in children in New Mexico is 4 times higher," Scrase said. But why is there now an increase in children's cases? "It could be multi factorial," said Dr. Walter Dehority, UNM School of Medicine." It could be on one hand that we're paying more attention to kids now. So when this virus first came out, it clearly and still, is affecting older adults in a much more severe way than children. " Dehority said it could also be that the virus is changing. "It could be mutating or altering somewhat," Dehority said.Many kids might also just be asymptomatic to the virus or our state's lack of resources may also be a factor, such as what we're seeing out on the Navajo Nation."Children could obviously be caught up in that and affected, and because we're investigating that very thoroughly, we're uncovering these pockets of pediatric infection that many not be present in other states," Dehority said. Dehority said anyone including kids can die from COVID-19. It's also important to keep in mind that medical experts are learning more about the coronavirus everyday, so what we know now, can change in the future. For parents, health officials are advising they keep a close eye on their kids, because symptoms can be hard to spot."Children could present with a more typical respiratory infection," Dehority said. "They might have a rash, they might be sleepy, they might have some of that abdominal pain."