New virus infection Why? Only Wuhan fatality rate 5% Feb 4 16:09
The mortality rate in China due to the spread of the new type of coronavirus is close to 5% in Hubei and Wuhan, where the infection is most severe, while it is only about 0.8% in other areas. According to the house, "mild cases are not counted in Wuhan and the mortality rate is apparently higher."
Chinese health officials, the National Board of Health and Health, have announced on April 4 that the new coronavirus has killed 20,438 patients and killed 425 people.
According to data from the Chinese health authorities, the mortality rate of the new coronavirus is about 2.1% in China, but it is about 4.9% in Wuhan, Hubei Province, where infection is most severe. On the other hand, in China excluding Wuhan, it is only about 0.8%.
Regarding this, Prof. Hitoshi Oshitani of Tohoku University, who has been in charge of infectious disease control at the World Health Organization, said, “In Wuhan, medical institutions are confused and mild patients are not counted or treated for severely ill patients. May not be enough, and the mortality rate may be high. "
He added, "In the future, we may approach the influenza fatality rate of around 0.1%, which is close to the annual flu rate. The virus causes viral pneumonia. Some people die even in their relatively young age, so we need to urgently analyze in detail what kind of people would be at risk. "
The data released by the Chinese health authorities do not include the number of asymptomatic infected people, so precise mortality needs to be closely monitored.