More than 850,000 people worldwide have been infected by the corona virus so far and this deadly virus has killed more than 42 thousand patients.
The daily increase in the number of deaths in Europe and the United States, including Italy, Spain, Iran and the United Kingdom, has scared people around the world.
But a recent study has provided new information regarding the death rate from Corona virus.
According to a study recently published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, the death rate from Covid-19 is much lower than we previously thought.
British researchers recently conducted a study on people who were infected with the coronavirus, while people who did not show symptoms despite having the coronavirus and recovered.
The researchers said that after taking into account both confirmed and unconfirmed cases of corona virus in the study, the death rate was 0.66 percent, while if only confirmed cases of corona were discussed, the death rate was 0.66 percent. is 1.38 percent.
In the study, researchers examined thousands of confirmed cases from Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, as well as data from hundreds of travelers who returned home from Wuhan.
According to the study, about 20 percent of people who were 80 or older with the virus had to be hospitalized, while only 1 percent of people under 30 years of age were hospitalized. Needed.
It should be remembered that currently the highest number of deaths due to corona virus is happening in Italy, where the population of elderly people is also high.
The study also suggested that the virus may be more lethal in countries with a high population of elderly people.
However, experts, summarizing their research, said that the coronavirus is not as dangerous as previous pandemics.
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2024-08-30 11:42:48
