coronavirus numbers, experts say mounting evidence points to young people as the driving force behind the spike in cases.The data doesn’t lie.
The latest available data from the Public Health Agency of Canada showed 56.6 per cent of those who tested positive for the virus were younger than 50 years old.People aged 20-29 accounted for “the largest proportion of cases,” the agency said in its weekly epidemiology report.“Incidence rates in those 20 to 39 years of age remain consistently higher compared to all other age groups.”The agency wrote this could be due to having to return to work, where that age bracket makes up a majority of the service industry, as well as reduced social distancing among young people or general “fatigue with.