Americans in their 20s account for 1 in 5 new COVID-19 cases - Los Angeles Times

The longer the COVID-19 pandemic goes on, the younger its victims get.

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the median age of people with COVID-19 in the U.S.

has declined over the spring and summer, with Americans in their 20s now accounting for more cases than people in any other age group.

wants to get its coronavirus outbreak under control, it will need more cooperation from young adults.

residents with COVID-19 was 46.

Likewise, in May, people in their 20s made up 15.5% of confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide.

At the time, they trailed people in their 30s (who accounted for 16.9% of total cases) as well as people in their 40s and 50s (both of those age groups accounted for another 16.4% of cases).

But by June, 20-somethings had taken over the top spot, making up 20.2% of all cases.

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The proportion of cases among Americans in their 30s also increased in June and July.

Meanwhile, the share of cases among adults 40 and older decreased steadily through the end of July, according to the study.

The trend toward younger COVID-19 patients came as the total number of new cases increased.

The CDC researchers who produced the report drew on three kinds of data: They tallied confirmed cases of COVID-19 in reports from state health departments, examined data from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program to identify patients who went to hospital emergency rooms with COVID-19 symptoms and analyzed coronavirus test results from 37 states.

The trend toward younger patients was evident in all three data sources, the researchers said.

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The increase in COVID-19 cases among people in their 20s was striking.

Americans in their 30s made up the second-largest group of new COVID-19 cases.

Among people ages 30 to 39, 101,917 cases were confirmed in May, 130,415 were identified in June, 183,487 were diagnosed in July and 148,500 were added in August.

Over time, these infections in younger adults appeared to spread to older, more vulnerable adults in certain parts of the country, the researchers wrote.

In the Southeastern U.S., an increase in the test positivity rate for people in their 20s and 30s was followed nine days later by an increase in the positivity rate for people in their 40s and 50s.

Six days after that, people ages 60 and up had a higher positivity rate as well.

In the Southwestern U.S., an increase in the positivity rate for people under 60 was followed about four days later by an increase in the positivity rate for people ages 60 and up.

This sequence of events offers “preliminary evidence that younger adults contributed to community transmission of COVID-19 to older adults,” the researchers wrote.

What will it take to persuade people to wear masks.

What will it take to persuade people to wear masks.

The more people see wearing face masks and practicing social distancing as ways to protect the health of others, the more likely they are to comply, research shows.

Younger adults are more likely to work in restaurants, stores, child care centers and other places that put them at greater risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

Also, the fact that younger adults are more likely to have mild COVID-19 symptoms or even asymptomatic infections means they’re more apt to spread the virus without even realizing they’re sick.

The median age of people with positive coronavirus test results began falling before there was a drop in the median age of all people who got tested.

That essentially rules out the possibility that the observed drop in patients’ ages can be chalked up to more testing by younger people, the CDC team wrote.

The findings underscore the need for health officials to target younger adults with “age-appropriate prevention messages” about the importance of preventing COVID-19 spread, the study authors wrote.

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