CDC Data Shows COVID-19 Hospitalizations for Older Adults Are Declining

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-NET surveillance network reports that coronavirus hospitalizations are declining among older adults, according to Axios . This suggests that the vaccination effort against the virus is having an effect. COVID-NET represents roughly 10 percent of the U.S. population. Older adults are not only comprising a smaller percentage of hospitalizations, but hospitalizations also are down across all age groups overall.