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Covid-19 death rate three times that of flu, study finds From CNN's Virginia Langmaid  New research published Thursday suggests that Covid-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal flu across many metrics. The death rate for hospitalized Covid-19 patients was three times higher than the death rate for hospitalized flu patients, according to the study. Rates of respiratory failure were also higher in Covid-19 patients than in flu patients. The research, which appeared in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, examined data from more than 130,000 French patients hospitalized with either Covid-19 o...

Younger patients at risk The study also noticed a high level of mortality among younger patients, and even some children. Generally, younger patients are less likely to develop serious forms of illnesses, but the study found that among younger patients who were hospitalised, the mortality level for those with Covid was higher than those with flu. Yet, this part of the study was based on lower numbers of patients, so the authors said that more work was needed on this aspect. Dr. Quantin said: “Someone without pre-existing conditions can present with complicated issues [with Covid], which is ...

Coronavirus nearly three times more deadly than flu: study 979 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. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, underscored the increased severity of illness for people with Covid-19. March and April this year with 45,819 patients hospitalised with seasonal influenza between December 2018 and the end of February 2019. Some 16.9 percent of Covid-19 patients died during the period of study — which was during a devastating first ...

  EDMONTON -- There is mounting evidence to show that COVID-19 causes more serious outcomes than seasonal influenza, resulting in a much higher death rate among hospitalized patients. A newly published study based on French national data comparing patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 to those admitted with seasonal influenza shows a greater proportion of COVID-19 patients experience severe illness requiring intensive care, with a death rate nearly three times higher. The study compared data from 89,530 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between March and April with data from 45,81...

Virus three times deadlier than flu, oximeters less reliable on Black patients By Nancy Lapid Rural Texas doctors fuming after being left out in cold on vaccine (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. COVID-19 far more deadly than seasonal flu COVID-19 is three times more deadly than seasonal influenza, according to researchers in France who compared 89,530 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 early this year with 45,819 patie...