> At present, it is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, h

> At present, it is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude... > A precise estimate of the case fatality rate is therefore impossible at present. Taken from https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20203 https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20203