The last time Miriam Castro saw her son Herman, he was in the hospital. A mask covered his tear-stricken face as he sobbed over a FaceTime call.
Although they still make up a relatively small number of the more than 8,000 total coronavirus deaths in the state, the number of younger adults who died of the disease quadrupled last month, underscoring a bitter mathematical reality: As more and more young people test positive for the coronavirus, more of them will die.
Story continuesThrough July, about 3,800 people in the United States in the age group had died from the coronavirus, according to figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That would make the coronavirus one of the leading causes of death for this age group, roughly comparable to the number of younger people who were murdered over the same time period in recent years.
Records also show the people who died from the virus in Florida among the young were disproportionately Black. Among people ages 25-44, African Americans make up 18% of Florida’s population but have accounted for 44% of deaths. Black Floridians over 65 are dying at twice the rate of white residents, but among younger adults, the death rate is nearly three times as high.
“He was only 31,” said his sister, Chenique Mills. “That’s why this is so unbelievable. He’s not supposed to be gone. This is crazy.” DeSantis said last month that the median age of new coronavirus cases had reached a low of 33, down from 50s and 60s in March and April. Records show that when tens of thousands of young people started testing positive shortly after the state reopened, the average age began to sneak back up, as young people infected the older people around them.At the peak of the crisis, the United States saw a point at which 400 young people were dying each week.
Yahoo YAHOO, you should be sanctioned! Not only you have created a severe economic turmoil due to creating fear, but also, your reports are always misleading and create havoc to people!
Yahoo With a median age of 78 for the casualties, does that mean they are running slave labor camps at the rest homes? Yahoo spews pure garbage when they don't have a comments section to correct them
Yahoo uh, how many young Floridians have died?
So being over worked CAN kill a person. WHO KNEW?!
Good Lord, I couldn't finish reading that. Why in the hell is McDonald's even open. We can survive without it. Rest Well sir.. 💔😞 No one should lose their life because of McDonalds.
If it’s work that’s killing young people, not parties, why is there a photo of young people at a party?
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