Missouri Numbers Young COVID 19 (3-25-20)

Missouri Numbers Young COVID 19 (3-25-20)

Sick and elderly may be those most suseptable to the coronavirus, but the latest numbers show young people are certainly not off the hook especially in the show me state kq2's ron johnson breaks down the numbers and joins us in studio with more, ron?

Thank you alan, the latest numbers for covid-19 cases in missouri clearly show young people are not immune to the virus.

State data shows 73 people in betwen the ages of 20-29 have tested positive for covid-19 in missouri.

Compare that to 59 cases for those in the 60s and 50 positive cases for those in their 70s.

Locally, those who work on the front lines say young people aren't taking the coronavirus as seriously as they should..

(sot ))..."that's the challenging part."with cases in the state increasing quickly, urgent care staff stress that people should take symptoms seriously and not brush them off as something lesser such as allergies.

Staff say they're also concerned with the lack of availability of testing.

In the studio ron johnson kq2 news.