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. 2020 Mar 27;69(12):343–346. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6912e2

TABLE. Hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and case–fatality percentages for reported COVID–19 cases, by age group —United States, February 12–March 16, 2020.

Age group (yrs) (no. of cases) %*
Hospitalization ICU admission Case-fatality
0–19 (123)
1.6–2.5
0
0
20–44 (705)
14.3–20.8
2.0–4.2
0.1–0.2
45–54 (429)
21.2–28.3
5.4–10.4
0.5–0.8
55–64 (429)
20.5–30.1
4.7–11.2
1.4–2.6
65–74 (409)
28.6–43.5
8.1–18.8
2.7–4.9
75–84 (210)
30.5–58.7
10.5–31.0
4.3–10.5
≥85 (144)
31.3–70.3
6.3–29.0
10.4–27.3
Total (2,449) 20.7–31.4 4.9–11.5 1.8–3.4

* Lower bound of range = number of persons hospitalized, admitted to ICU, or who died among total in age group; upper bound of range = number of persons hospitalized, admitted to ICU, or who died among total in age group with known hospitalization status, ICU admission status, or death.