Potential association between COVID-19 mortality and health-care resource availability

The ongoing epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is devastating, despite extensive implementation of control measures. The outbreak was sparked in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province in China, and quickly spread to different regions of Hubei and across all other Chinese provinces. As recorded by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), by Feb 16, 2020, there had been 70 641 confirmed cases and 1772 deaths due to COVID-19, with an average mortality of about 2·5%.1Chinese Center for Disease Control and PreventionDistribution of new coronavirus pneumonia.http://2019ncov.chinacdc.cn/2019-nCoV/Date accessed: February 16, 2020Google Scholar However, in-depth analysis of…