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Channels Television   Updated December 18, 2020 A coronavirus test site worker on site to answer questions from people arriving at a testing center in Los Angeles, California on December 16, 2020. – The situation has grown severe across southern parts of California, which was praised for its response at the start of the pandemic in spring, but which has seen Covid-related hospital admissions soar sixfold since mid-October. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)   Roughly a year into the pandemi...

Paris: Roughly a year into the pandemic it is clear the new coronavirus is worse than seasonal flu, and a study released on Friday outlined just how much worse, showing a death rate almost three times higher among COVID-19 patients. The research, using French national data and published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, underscored the increased severity of illness for people with COVID-19. Researchers compared data for 89,530 patients hospitalised with COVID -19 in March and Apri...

Peer-reviewed / Observational / People Study based on French national data from 89,530 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 between 1 March and 30 April 2020 and 45,819 patients hospitalised with seasonal influenza between 1 December 2018 - 28 February 2019. Death rate among hospitalised COVID-19 patients was three times higher than seasonal influenza (15,104/89,530 [16.9%] vs influenza 2640/45,819 [5.8%]). More patients with COVID-19 required intensive care (14,585/89,530 [16.3%] vs influenza, ...

Covid is three times more likely to kill hospitalised patients than seasonal influenza, a study has revealed.     Early indicators at the start of the pandemic hinted that the coronavirus was only as deadly as the flu. But this theory has since been comprehensively disproven, despite data showing the infection poses little threat to anyone except the elderly and vulnerable.  The latest study is based on national data from France and reveals granular detail about the true differences betwee...

COVID-19 is three times deadlier than seasonal influenza, a new study has revealed. The study conducted by the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and the University of Dijon, compared data from more than 89,500 COVID-19 patients hospitalised between March and April and over 45,800 patients hospitalised for seasonal influenza between December 2018 and February 28, 2019. The results of the study were published on Friday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. It showed t...

Coronavirus nearly 3 times more deadly than flu – study Dec 18, 2020 11:49 AM PHT Agence France-Presse Roughly a year into the pandemic it is clear the new coronavirus is worse than seasonal flu, and a study released on Friday, December 18, outlined just how much worse, showing a death rate almost 3 times higher among COVID-19 patients.  The research, using French national data and published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, underscored the increased severity of illness for peo...

COVID Far More Lethal Than Flu, Data Shows By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is far more harmful and deadly than the seasonal flu, new studies confirm. Researchers analyzed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data on more than 3,600 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between Feb. 1 and June 17 of this year, and more than 12,600 hospitalized with the flu between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2019. The average age of patients in both groups was 69...

Coronavirus three times more deadly than flu, finds French study The findings, based on the early period of the pandemic, were surprising given how deadly the previous flu season was 18 December 2020 • 10:54am Roughly a year into the pandemic it is clear the new coronavirus is worse than seasonal flu, and a study released on Friday outlined just how much worse, showing a death rate almost three times higher among Covid-19 patients. The research, using French national data and published in the...