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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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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