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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, 4926/45,819 [10.8%]) and the average stay in ICU with COVID-19 was nearly twice as long (15 days vs 8 days)
Fewer children aged under 18 years were hospitalised with COVID-19 compared with seasonal influenza (1227/89,530 [1.4%] vs 8942/45,819 [19.5%]), but a larger proportion of those aged under 5 years required intensive care for COVID-19 (14/ 613 [2·3%] vs influenza 65/ 6973 [0·9%]). The case fatality rate in children under 5 years was similar for both groups and was very low (number
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 between the two viruses.
It shows 15,104 of 89,530 (16.9 per cent) Covid-19 patients studied died while in hospital, compared with just 2,640 of 45,819 (5.8 per cent) flu patients studied.
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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 that the mortality rate is three times higher for COVID-19 than it is for seasonal influenza, respectively 16.9 per cent and 5.8 per cent.
Hospitalisations were meanwhile found to be twice as frequent for COVID-19 than for seasonal influenza with a greater number of COVID-19 patients admitted into intensive care 16.8 per cent vs 10.8 per cent. Stays in ICU were also lengthier with COVID-19 patients with an average of 15 days compared to 8 days for seasonal influenza.
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 March and April this year with 45,819 patients hospitalized with seasonal influenza between December 2018 and the end of February 2019.