Within the past 4 days, in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the number (199) of people in the age group 30 to 39 years who have been admitted to a hospital with the COVID-19 disease is greater than the number (166) of people in the age group 80+ years who have been admitted to a hospital with the COVID-19 disease.

The COVID-19 pandemic, variants, mutations, and vaccination coverage are evolving and dynamic. A breakdown of total hospital admissions for patients with COVID-19 within the past 4 days in the US, DC, PR, and VI follows (number of admissions — age group in years — percentage of total admissions):

  15 — 18 to 19 yrs — 0.9%
157 — 20 to 29 yrs — 9.9%
199 — 30 to 39 yrs — 12.5%
211 — 40 to 49 yrs — 13.3%
277 — 50 to 59 yrs — 17.4%
310 — 60 to 69 yrs — 19.5%
253 — 70 to 79 yrs — 15.9%
166 — 80+   yrs — 10.5%

Key: in the table, look at columns BJ to BX to count the number of patients admitted with COVID-19 in the age groups 18-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+.

For example: Column BJ, previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed_18-19, total admissions 15.