Average age of those hospitalized for COVID falls dramatically
Kyle Wright receives a vaccine shot during Arlington High School’s vaccination event on March 26, 2021. Local hospitals are seeing an increase in younger COVID patients between the ages of 30-55. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Most people currently hospitalized for coronavirus in Memphis are 30-55 years old and many have no underlying health conditions — a big shift from late March when the average patient’s age was mid-70s.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.