Younger Adults Make Up Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
&gt;&gt; New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54.<p>To be more specific:<p>&gt;&gt; Among 508 (12%) patients known to have been hospitalized, 9% were aged ≥85 years, 26% were aged 65–84 years, 17% were aged 55–64 years, 18% were 45–54 years, and 20% were aged 20–44 years. Less than 1% of hospitalizations were among persons aged ≤19 years (Figure 2). The percentage of persons hospitalized increased with age, from 2%–3% among persons aged ≤9 years, to ≥31% among adults aged ≥85 years. (Table).<p>More to the point:<p>&gt;&gt; The cases described in this report include both COVID-19 cases confirmed by state or local public health laboratories as well as those with a positive test at the state or local public health laboratories and confirmation at CDC. No data on serious underlying health conditions were available. Data on these cases are preliminary and are missing for some key characteristics of interest, including hospitalization status (1,514), ICU admission (2,253), death (2,001), and age (386).<p>From the report:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;69&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm6912e2.htm?s_cid=mm6912e2_w" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;69&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm6912e2.htm?s_cid=mm...</a><p>I don&#x27;t really get why the 20-54 age range is reported as one category in the NYT article when they&#x27;re reported as separate categories in the CDC report. Would it weaken the arcile&#x27;s point to report that 20-44 year olds and 45-54 year olds both had around 20% chance of being hospitalised?