It does seem like more young people are getting it worse than last year. But this raises three possible reasons.

1. Those people did not get it in 2020 are getting it for the first time in 2021.

2. The newer mutations are more vicious against the younger, healthier people.

3. We have high vaccination rate, which could be causing the more aggressive mutations and spreading. It's very odd to have this many cases in August, and I suspect the vaccine is the reason.