BACKGROUND: Estimates of the case-fatality rate (CFR) associated with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) vary widely in different population settings. We sought to estimate …

Background Crude case-fatality rates (CFRs) for COVID-19 vary widely between countries.
There are serious limitations in the CFRs when making comparisons. We examined how the …

(COVID-19) infection as identified in Washington State on January 20, 2020, more than 235
000 cases have been identified across the US in just over 2 months. Given the challengesinexpandingtestingcapacityandt …

Background A range of case fatality ratio (CFR) estimates for COVID-19 have been
produced that differ substantially in magnitude. Methods We used individual-case data from …

Objective Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December of
2019 in China, estimating the pandemic's case fatality rate (CFR) has been the focus and …

The relative case fatality rates (CFRs) between groups and countries are key measures of
relative risk that guide policy decisions regarding scarce medical resource allocation during …

We estimated the case-fatality risk for coronavirus disease cases in China (3.5%); China,
excluding Hubei Province (0.8%); 82 countries, territories, and areas (4.2%); and on a cruise …

Background An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus [severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2], named COVID-19, hit a major city …

Knowing the infection fatality rate (IFR) of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections is
essential for the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Using data …

Objectives: SARS-CoV-2 belonging to Coronaviridae family of RNA viruses caused an
epidemic in China, which led to a global pandemic of COVID-19. Various international and …