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Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 09May 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Summary:
Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January hig
“We’re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s young people who are really sick,” said Dr. Vishnu Chundi, a specialist in infectious diseases and chair of the Chicago Medical Society’s COVID-19 task force. “Most of them make it, but some do not. … I just lost a 32-year-old with two children, so it’s heartbreaking.”
Nationally, adults under 50 now account for the most hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the country about 36% of all hospital admissions. Those ages 50 to 64 account for the second-highest number of hospitalizations, or about 31%. Meanwhile, hospitalizations among adults 65 and older have fallen significantly.
About 32% of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated, but the vast majority are people older than 65 a group that was prioritized in the initial phase of the vaccine rollout.
Serious COVID-19 cases on the rise in younger adults
Nationally, adults under 50 now account for the most hospitalized COVID patients in the country about 36% of all hospital admissions.
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Will Stone / Kaiser Health News | 12:30 pm, May 7, 2021 ×
A fan shows a vaccine passport on her phone as she arrives for a New York Mets game April 24, 2021 at Citi Field in the Queens borough of New York City. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards.