CDC Issues New Report - Young Not Completely Immune

Per Axios: Younger adults make up a big portion of coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S., the N.Y. Times' Pam Belluck writes from CDC data released yesterday:

• 38% of patients who were hospitalized were ages 20 to 54.

• Nearly half of the 121 patients admitted to ICUs were adults under 65.

• The risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.

Per the CDC report:

Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — United States, February 12–March 16, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 18 March 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6912e2external icon.