Nearly 60 of new COVID-19 cases are in adults between 18 and 24 years old.br Adults under 24-years-old represent nearly 1.7 million of the nearly 2.9 million cases of coronavirus in that age group.br According to UPI, 96 of these cases experienced symptoms, agency researchers said.br Children aged 5 to 17 years, make up nearly 35 of all reported cases in people 24 years of age and younger.br The data was released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.