CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The number of people going to the hospital for COVID-19 is on the rise, but doctors say there's a difference compared to previous waves of the virus.
This week the State of Illinois reported that 1,600 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. That's the highest level since mid-February, but doctors said they are noticing several trends.
According to the Daily Herald, doctors said that now COVID patients are younger, less likely to die from the virus, and are recovering at a faster rate.
Dr. Jonathan Pinsky, medical director of infection control and prevention at Edward Hospital in Elmhurst said COVID is now a vaccine-preventable disease, and the new vulnerability is not being immunized.
He added there were zero patients from nursing homes in the last month, and very few over 65; those were two of the groups that were first to receive COVID vaccinations.
