Paris, Dec. 18, 2020 (dpa/Naija247news) The mortality rate among patients suffering from COVID-19 in hospitals in France is three times higher than among those with flu, according to a French study.
In spring, 16.9 per cent of patients died of those who were hospitalised with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, while 5.8 per cent of patients hospitalised with flu died in the winter of 2018-19.
However, patients may be receiving better treatment for the virus compared to at the outset of the pandemic.
“Our study shows that COVID-19 is far more serious than flu,” Catherine Quantin, who led the study at the University Hospital in Dijon, said in a statement.