Characteristics of Adults Aged 18–49 Years Without Underlying Conditions Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the United States: COVID-NET—March–August 2020
Daniel Owusu, Lindsay Kim, Alissa O’Halloran, Michael Whitaker, Alexandra M. Piasecki, Arthur Reingold, Nisha B. Alden, Amber Maslar, Evan J. Anderson, Patricia Ryan, Sue Kim, Kathryn Como‐Sabetti, Emily Hancock, Alison Muse, Nancy M. Bennett, Laurie M. Billing, Melissa Sutton, H. Keipp Talbot, Jake Ortega, Lynnette Brammer, Alicia M. Fry, Aron J. Hall, Shikha Garg, COVID-NET Surveillance Teama, Charisse N Cummings, Rachel Holstein, Anita Kambhampati, Seth Meador, Jonathan M. Wortham, Shua J. Chai, Breanna Kawasaki, Kimberly Yousey‐Hindes, Kyle P. Openo, Maya Monroe, Libby Reeg, Ruth Lynfield, Nancy Eisenberg, Grant Barney, Christina B. Felsen, Jessica Shiltz, Nicole West, William Schaffner, Andrea Price
Abstract
Among 513 adults aged 18-49 years without underlying medical conditions hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during March 2020-August 2020, 22% were admitted to an intensive care unit, 10% required mechanical ventilation, and 3 patients died (0.6%). These data demonstrate that healthy younger adults can develop severe COVID-19.