Younger Adults Are Big Portion br of US Coronavirus Hospitalizations The revelation is the result br of new data from the CDC br released on Wednesday. The data shows that nearly br 40 percent of patients hospitalized br with coronavirus are between the ages of 20 and 54. Older patients of this group br are more likely to die. Stephen Morse, Columbia, via 'NYT' Dr. C. Carlsten, via 'The New York Times' White House coronavirus br task force member Dr. Deborah Birx br addressed this in remarks singling out br younger generations on Wednesday. Dr.