"COVID-19 impacts vary across age
The risk of serious COVID-19 health impacts increases with age. Among all age groups, adults over 60 years of age experience the largest proportion of serious COVID-19 outcomes, accounting for 70% of all hospitalizations, 60% of intensive care unit admissions and 97% of deaths by the end of August. In contrast, children and youth aged 19 years or younger account for only 9% of all cases, 1% of hospitalizations and 0.01% deaths...
Long-term care home residents and workers
At the time of writing this report at the end of August, residents and staff of long-term care (LTC) facilities have been the most affected group, comprising about 15% of all cases and residents alone making up 80% of all COVID-19-related deaths..."
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