Up to 20% of people hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States are young adults ages 20 to 44, a new federal study shows.
While the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people, the report issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, younger people are making up a big portion of hospitalizations.A state-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus casesThe CDC analyzed the cases of about 2,500 patients in the United States whose ages were known.
Young celebs want followers to take coronavirus seriouslyThe report did not say whether the patients had underlying risk factors such as a chronic illness or a compromised immune systems, so it's unclear whether the younger adults hospitalized were more vulnerable to serious infection than others.Read MoreA top US health official cautioned young people to be wary of the coronavirus pandemic even though they do not fall in the highest risk groups.
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