Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising threefold in about five months, the World Health Organization said.
An analysis by the WHO of 6 million infections between Feb. 24 and July 12 found that the share of people aged 15-24 years rose to 15 percent from 4.5 percent.
Apart from the United States which leads a global tally with 4.8 million total cases, European countries including Spain, Germany and France, as well as Japan, have said that many of the newly infected are young people.
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