Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 24, 2020

Estimating the case fatality ratio of the COVID-19 epidemic in China

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  • A new study estimates the case fatality risk in Wuhan to be 8.71% (95% CI: 79.5%-9.64%) compared to 1.21% (95% CI: 1.07%-1.40%) in other areas of China. 

Wang et al. (Feb 22, 2020). Estimating the case fatality ratio of the COVID-19 epidemic in China. Pre-print downloaded Feb 23 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.17.20023630