Thursday, October 29, 2020

COVID-19 death rates have drastically fallen among all age groups — even as cases spike

COVID-19 death rates have drastically fallen among all age groups — even as cases spike
  • The chances of an infected person dying from the coronavirus fell from 25% to 7% in one study
The chances of dying from COVID-19 have fallen precipitously since the pandemic began, according to two new peer-reviewed studies.
...Patients treated by NYU's health system had a 25.6% chance of dying when the pandemic began but that number has fallen to 7.6% in recent weeks, according to the study, which will be published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine next week.
..."Clearly, there's been something [that's] gone on that's improved the risk of individuals who go into these settings with COVID-19," Mateen told the outlet...Read all.

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