Characteristics of Adults aged 18-49 Years without Underlying Conditions Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 in the United States, COVID-NET - March-August 2020.

Daniel Owusu,Lindsay Kim,Alissa O’Halloran,Michael Whitaker,Alexandra M Piasecki,Arthur L. Reingold,Nisha Alden,Amber Maslar,Evan J. Anderson,Patricia Ryan,Sue Kim,Kathryn Como-Sabetti,Emily B. Hancock,Alison Muse,Nancy M. Bennett,Laurie Billing,Melissa Sutton,Keipp Talbot,Jake Ortega,Lynnette Brammer,Alicia M. Fry,Aron J. Hall,Shikha Garg,Covid-Net Surveillance Team

Characteristics of Adults aged 18-49 Years without Underlying Conditions Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 in the United States, COVID-NET - March-August 2020.

2020

Among 513 adults aged 18-49 years without underlying medical conditions hospitalized with COVID-19 during March-August 2020, 22% were admitted to intensive care unit; 10% required mechanical ventilation; and three patients died (0.6%). These data demonstrate that healthy younger adults can develop severe COVID-19.

Keywords:

Pediatrics
younger adults
Coronavirus disease 2019
Young adult
Intensive care unit
Medicine
Mechanical ventilation
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
2019 20 coronavirus outbreak

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