COVID-19 occurs in all age groups. However, there are differences with regard to its frequency and severity.

Most of the COVID-19 cases in Germany so far have been in the 35 to 59–year-old age group with 15- to 34-year-olds in second place.

The risk of dying from COVID-19 increases with age. People aged over 80 years are at the greatest risk, followed by people aged 60 to 79 years.

In children, the illness is more often mild or asymptomatic (which means it has no symptoms at all). In older people, mild illness is less common. Importantly, even when the illness is mild, clear symptoms can occur.

Further information about the spread of the illness in Germany is available from the COVID-19 Dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

International data about the spread is available from the Coronavirus dashboard of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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