India's Covid Surge Hit Young Patients Hard and Fast.

Keywords: leder; covid-19; variants; virus; Political/General News; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Society/Community; Health; Medical Conditions; Outbreaks/Epidemics EN leder covid-19 variants virus Political/General News Respiratory Tract Diseases Society/Community Health Medical Conditions Outbreaks/Epidemics N.PAG N.PAG 1 05/31/21 20210529 NES 210529 Doctors say they believe a fast-spreading variant is more virulent, adding to pressure on overwhelmed hospitals. While younger patients in India remain much more likely than older ones to survive, doctors say they're seeing a higher share of younger Covid-19 patients dying than they did when the disease was at its earlier peak last fall. [Extracted from the article]