[Terretta]

Across the United States, 38 percent of those hospitalized were between the ages of 20 and 54.

Nationally, 12 percent of the intensive care patients were between the ages of 20 and 44.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-...

[bmm6o]

I keep hearing statistics like this and I yell at my TV every time. Counting up the people in the hospital is pretty easy, but it doesn't answer the more important question of how many infected 20-54 require hospitalization. Even comparing those numbers to the larger demographics would be helpful.

[Terretta]

There are a variety of these sources.

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/03/07/coronaviru...

https://www.statista.com/chart/21173/hospitalization-icu-adm...

[Fjolsvith]

> Across the United States, 38 percent of those hospitalized were between the ages of 20 and 54.

> Nationally, 12 percent of the intensive care patients were between the ages of 20 and 44.

Versus 26 percent of the ICU patients being aged 45 to 54, and 62 percent of the ICU patients being 55 or older.