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Coronavirus nearly three times more deadly than flu: study
Sun Online Desk
19th December, 2020 01:09:01
Roughly a year into the pandemic it is clear the new coronavirus is worse than seasonal flu.
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 April this year with 45,819 patients hospitalised with seasonal influenza between December 2018 and the end of February 2019.