The fatality rate for the new coronavirus keeps changing. For weeks it remained at around 2%, then it seemed to drop to 1% before climbing above 3%. What gives?
More CoverageThe biggest uncertainty surrounds the number of people who have been infected with the coronavirus. The official count has surpassed 100,000, but the true number is probably much higher.
Neither were people who wanted to be tested but weren’t due to a lack of resources. In a situation where test kits are limited, it’s better to save them for 80-year-olds with poor lung function and skip the healthier 40-year-olds with mild illness.Advertisement It’s possible that as China catches up on counting deaths, the fatality rate outside of Hubei will rise.
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