The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza, comparison of data from over 130,000 hospitalised patients confirms
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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 ca
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 45,819 patients hospitalized with seasonal influenza between December 2018 and February 2019. According to the data, 16.3 per cent of COVID-19 patients were admitted to intensive care, compared to 10.8 per cent of flu patients. The average stay in the ICU with COVID-19 was nearly twice as long at 15 days, versus eight days for those with the flu.
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Peer-reviewed / Observational / People
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.