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“For coronavirus cases “In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”
Marco Rubio U.S. Senator, R-Fla.. Claim dated 19 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

In short

Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator, R-Fla.) made this claim around 19 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

Marco Rubio has 16 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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