Metro Atlanta hospitals have witnessed a spike in younger people – specifically in their 20s and 30s – catching the coronavirus.
Grady Health System officials told “Morning Edition” host Lisa Rayam that the hospital’s COVID-19 cases have doubled in the last 16 days. For the most part, young people are showing more mild symptoms of the virus, according to Grady Health System’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Jansen.
“They’re spreading it,” Dr. Jansen said.
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