A factor affecting the deadliness of the new coronavirus is the quality of medical care. Already, there is evidence that the overwhelmed medical system in Wuhan, where the outbreak began, led to more deaths.
The World Health Organization’s joint mission report from Feb. 28 found that among 56,000 laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases from China, the case-fatality ratio was 3.8%.
However, the case-fatality ratio in Wuhan was 5.8%, while the rest of the country — spared the overwhelming bulk of sick patients — saw a rate of 0.7%.
It takes about six weeks to determine whether someone with COVID-19 will recover or succumb.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/is-coronavirus-deadly.html
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