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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 people with COVID-19.  Researchers compared data for 89,530 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mar...

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. The death rate among COVID-19 patients was 18.5%, while it was 5.3% for those with the flu. Those ...

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 journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, underscored the increased severity of illness for people ...