In France, more than half of coronavirus patients in intensive care are under 60, suggesting it's not just the elderly at risk

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Mia Jankowicz
,Business Insider•March 16, 2020

More than half of France's coronavirus patients in intensive care are under 60, the country's top health official said on Saturday.

According to CNN, Jerome Salomon, the director-general for health, said, "We have serious cases also amid adults, and let me remind you that more than 50% of people in intensive care are under 60."

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Salomon did not give a detailed breakdown of the intensive-care figures, so it's unclear how many are significantly younger than 60.

In Italy, which has one of the world's oldest populations, the average age of people who have died from the virus is 81, Business Insider's Rosie Perper reported last week.

A study published in February by China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention also found that older people were more seriously affected, Business Insider's Aria Bendix reported.

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