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It is the level of testing isn't it? Death pr. infected goes from 0.4% (Germany) to 1% (Diamond Princess) to 7.8% (Iran) to 9% (Italy). If you have plenty of
by chvid 7y ago
It is the level of testing isn't it?
Death pr. infected goes from 0.4% (Germany) to 1% (Diamond Princess) to 7.8% (Iran) to 9% (Italy).
If you have plenty of resources and you do contact tracing you are going to find many cases and the denominator will be high. If you are pressed on ressources and only test people admitted to hospitals with obvious symptions then the denominator will be low.
Demographics, overall population health, polution explains some of it but not a difference of factor 20.
- akvadrako 7y agoAlthough an important thing to consider, I'm not sure how much it contributes. Look at: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries Italy has one of the highest rate of cases per capita and the highest CFR.