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.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-NET; SARS-CoV-2; hospitalization; young adults.
Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020.