en Pediatrics Pediatrics Case Series Case Series <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Background:</em></strong></span> World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID -19 infection a global pandemic. Children have milder disease than adults but different aspects of disease in children are not fully understood.<br> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Case presentation:</em></strong></span> We describe 5 pediatric patients with COVID-19 that referred to Amirkola Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Babol, Iran. The youngest patient was 4 years old and the oldest was 12 years old. Three patients were males. None of the patients had a history of contacts with symptomatic patients with COVID -19. The most common symptoms included fever, cough, anorexia, weakness and diarrhea. One patient had gastrointestinal symptoms without respiratory symptoms. All patients had elevated ESR and CRP. Three of them had lymphopenia. RT-PCR was positive in all patients. Management included supportive care, antibiotics, antiviral treatment and hydroxychloroquine. All patients were discharged with good condition.<br> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong></span> Children may have a variety of symptoms including respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. Mortality is rare in children and prognosis is better than the adults.</span></span><br> <strong><span dir="RTL"></span></strong> COVID- 19 infection, Children, Case series 254 258 http://caspjim.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1884-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohsen Mohammadi dr.mohamadi61@yahoo.com 100319475328460036471 100319475328460036471 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Masood Kiani kianimasood@yahoo.com 100319475328460036472 100319475328460036472 Yes Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Sanaz Mehrabani mehrabanisanaz@gmail.com 100319475328460036473 100319475328460036473 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR. Iran. Maryam Nikpour maryamnikpour19@yahoo.com 100319475328460036474 100319475328460036474 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR. Iran.