The median age of people with COVID-19 in the U.S. has declined, with adults in their 20s now accounting for more cases than people in any other age group.
College reopenings around the country drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the U.S., according to a draft study released this week.
The increase in COVID-19 cases among people in their 20s was striking. In May, 93,741 Americans between the ages of 20 and 29 were newly diagnosed with the disease. That figure swelled to 149,761 in June, 240,105 in July and 189,366 in August. 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.in certain parts of the country, the researchers wrote.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.
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. The same pattern was seen in theThis sequence of events offers “preliminary evidence that younger adults contributed to community transmission of COVID-19 to older adults,” the researchers wrote.
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