Similarity in Case Fatality Rates (CFR) of COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 in Italy and China
SOLIDpower (Italy) · University of Sassari · +2 more institutions
Abstract
As of 28 February 2020, Italy had 888 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections, with most cases in Northern Italy in the Lombardia and Veneto regions. Travel-related cases were the main source of COVID-19 cases during the early stages of the current epidemic in Italy. The month of February, however, has been dominated by two large clusters of outbreaks in Northern Italy, south of Milan, with mainly local transmission the source of infections. Contact tracing has failed to identify patient zero in one of the outbreaks. As of 28 February 2020, twenty-one cases of COVID-19 have died. Comparison between case fatality rates in China and Italy are identical at 2.3. Additionally, deaths are similar in both countries with…
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5Topics & keywords
- Outbreak
- Case fatality rate
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Contact tracing
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- China
- Transmission (telecommunications)
- Medicine
- Good health and well-being