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COVID-19 cases are on the rise among teenagers and young adults, and local doctors are seeing in increase in hospitalizations and complications.
Centers for Disease Control data of Pennsylvania COVID-19 cases shows an increase among adults 20 to 24, followed by teens aged 15 to 19, and a decrease in the number of 65 and older adults getting cases.
âThere has been a definite shift across the country, with younger people now making up a greater percentage of new cases,â said Dr. Mark Sperry, a pulmonologist at Washington Health System.
Almost 90,000 people in Washington County and 12,000 people in Greene County, are either fully or partially vaccinated, and the vast majority of those vaccinated are over the age of 65; in Fayette County, nearly 38,000 are fully vaccinated while more than 11,755 are partially vaccinated.