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It wasn’t until Saturday that he could hold down food. By Sunday, he decided to visit Toronto General Hospital, where tests would later reveal that he had contracted the coronavirus that has brought the world to a standstill. He has not left his apartment since, he says.

Anzarouth is far from alone. Seemingly lost in the deluge of information and messaging around coronavirus is that it is not only the elderly and those with underlying health issues who are at risk. No one, regardless of health or age, is immune to this virus, though some will experience it more severely than others.

According to federal government statistics, 21 per cent of coronavirus cases in Canada fall between the ages of 20 to 39. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data earlier this week that reported nearly 40 per cent of hospitalizations for COVID-19 were for people aged 20 to 44 years old. The New York Times is reporting that, after a surge in new cases, half the infections are in individuals under 50.

In Canada, many of the provinces have not been forthcoming with age-distributed data related to new cases. “Manitoba is not posting the specific ages of COVID-19 cases,” a spokesperson for the Manitoba government told the Post after a request for data. Neither Ontario nor British Columbia has released age-distributed data about hospitalizations. Those two provinces were approaching 600 cases by late Friday.