Who is getting the virus?
In the early days, people over 80 years old made up the largest group getting sick as long-term care homes were hit hard, resulting in more older people getting tested.
But CBC's analysis reveals that since mid-August, infections among young people (under 30) have surged and now, after a summer of provincial reopenings and expanded testing, cumulatively outnumber the elderly.
COVID-19 infections are also on the rise among the very youngest (under 20) as schools, colleges and universities reopen.
Who's being hospitalized?
Close to 10 per cent of people who tested positive for coronavirus wound up in hospital, according to the cases tracked by PHAC.
Two per cent of cases landed in intensive care units (ICU) across all ages but mostly among people over 50.
In people admitted to hospital, shortness of breath and fever were more common symptoms while headaches, sore throat and runny nose were seen more often in less severe cases.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/cana...found/ar-BB19kHCf?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout
In the early days, people over 80 years old made up the largest group getting sick as long-term care homes were hit hard, resulting in more older people getting tested.
But CBC's analysis reveals that since mid-August, infections among young people (under 30) have surged and now, after a summer of provincial reopenings and expanded testing, cumulatively outnumber the elderly.
COVID-19 infections are also on the rise among the very youngest (under 20) as schools, colleges and universities reopen.
Who's being hospitalized?
Close to 10 per cent of people who tested positive for coronavirus wound up in hospital, according to the cases tracked by PHAC.
Two per cent of cases landed in intensive care units (ICU) across all ages but mostly among people over 50.
In people admitted to hospital, shortness of breath and fever were more common symptoms while headaches, sore throat and runny nose were seen more often in less severe cases.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/cana...found/ar-BB19kHCf?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout