Young people make up majority of new cases, show few symptoms

A look into U.S. state data shows that rising case numbers for COVID-19 come primarily from young adults.

In Missouri, the age group reporting the highest number of cases is 20-24, closely followed by 25-29. In Kansas, the data provides similar results showing the age group of 25-34 years as the highest in new cases.

While fever was originally the first sign of coronavirus, now many don’t ever get one, reports ABC 27 News in Nashville.

Although fewer young people so any symptoms, there are some that have made an appearance in recent reports. Some of these symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, loss of taste and smell and severe headaches.

“We recognized this virus can do a variety of damage to you, from no symptoms, mild symptoms, a larger collection of symptoms … obviously it can make you very sick and (you) come into the hospital and (it disrupts) the way many of your organs function,” Dr. William Schaffner, an Infectious Disease professor at Vanderbilt University, said.

“The spectrum of symptoms continues to expand and so younger people often do come in now somewhat to our surprise without fever,” Schaffner said.

Due to some variation in test results, doctors suggest getting tested about four days after starting to feel symptoms.

Often tests are showing up negative if taken too early and doctors say that waiting a few days for stronger symptoms will allow the virus to show up on the swab.