New York City is the epicenter of the US's coronavirus outbreak - here's how its death and hospitalization rates compare to the rest of the country

People in New York City across all age groups who have been diagnosed with coronavirus are dying at a similar rate to those elsewhere in the US.

Around 42% of coronavirus patients hospitalized in New York City so far are 65 or older. That's similar to the nationwide portion: 45% of US hospitalizations are in the same age group.

The age brackets that the CDC uses on a national level don't align perfectly with the ones New York City uses, but they paint a similar picture: the elderly face a higher risk.

But significant numbers of young people are also ending up in the hospital.

New York City has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US.

The city's case total continues to rise, but limited testing has made it hard to tell just how many people have been infected. Testing efforts are ramping up, however.

So far, New York City's outbreak has evolved in a similar way to the US as a whole.