College students are driving the growth in new coronavirus cases in Greene County.

The Springfield-Greene County Health director says 59-percent of the new cases reported in the last week have been people between the ages of 18 and 22.

Today our Director, Clay Goddard, provided @CityofSgf council with an update on our latest cases. Young adults 18-22 years old are the largest portion of our cases at this time. See Clay’s thread below for more information. https://t.co/TTZzKWkikC

— S-GC Health Dept. (@SGCHD) September 1, 2020

From Sunday, Aug. 23 to Sunday, Aug. 30, 59% of our new cases of COVID-19 have been in those 18-22 years of age.

As of this morning, 77 people are hospitalized with COVID-19. 22 of those individuals are Greene County residents. pic.twitter.com/IHdyK9in0q

— S-GC Health Dept. (@SGCHD) August 31, 2020