Younger Americans Are Eclipsing Older Age Groups in COVID-19 Case Counts

A fresh analysis of age-based statistics offers solid evidence that COVID-19 is becoming more widespread among young Americans. According to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 23, children and adults under 30 accounted for more than a third of all COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S. in July and August. That’s up from around 16% in January through April.

( function() {
var func = function() {
var iframe = document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-16e22eb4479cf67897e3e05479987110')
if ( iframe ) {
iframe.onload = function() {
iframe.contentWindow.postMessage( {
'msg_type': 'poll_size',
'frame_id': 'wpcom-iframe-16e22eb4479cf67897e3e05479987110'
}, "https:\/\/embeds.time.com" );
}
}

// Autosize iframe
var funcSizeResponse = function( e ) {

var origin = document.createElement( 'a' );
origin.href = e.origin;

// Verify message origin
if ( 'embeds.time.com' !== origin.host )
return;

// Verify message is in a format we expect
if ( 'object' !== typeof e.data || undefined === e.data.msg_type )
return;

switch ( e.data.msg_type ) {
case 'poll_size:response':
var iframe = document.getElementById( e.data._request.frame_id );

if ( iframe && '' === iframe.width )
iframe.width = '100%';
if ( iframe && '' === iframe.height )
iframe.height = parseInt( e.data.height );

return;
...

Source: TIME: Health - September 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news