Americans aged 65 and older make up 92% of all deaths from the virus, according to data from the CDC.
November 30, 2022, 1:41 PMPfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines are seen at the Haus an der Linde nursing home in Lichtentanne, Saxony, Germany Dec. 27, 2020.Older people have always been known to be one of the groups at highest risk of death from COVID-19, but they now make up a larger share than ever before.
As of the week ending Nov. 19, Americans aged 65 and older make up 92% of all deaths from the virus, according toMORE: Latest COVID vaccine will help people 'move on' from the pandemic, White House's Jha says It's the first time senior citizens have made up more than nine out of 10 deaths since the pandemic began and a drastic increase from the roughly 58% of deaths they made up in summer 2021, an ABC News analysis shows.
An infectious disease expert told ABC News the data showcases the lack of boosters received by the older population and how the impact of the disease is hitting the most vulnerable as protection mounts in the population."The bottom line is that age is the most powerful risk factor for COVID deaths and we've known that all along," Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, told ABC News.
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