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Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Death rate COVID19

Death rate by age

5-17.     0.1%

18-29   0.5%

30-39.  1.3%

40-49.  3.2%

50-64.  15.6%

65-74.  21.2%

75-84.  26.5%

85+.       31.7%

CDC Oct 6, 2020

JHU   2.81% deaths / cases

    0.06368% deaths/ US pop

When we plot today’s deaths against the average new cases five to ten days ago, we do see a drop in percentage deaths per case to around 1%.

The total deaths against total cases of 2.81% would  be falsely high if there are many unreported cases. Improved treatment modalities may improve outcomes as well. The increased death rate in older persons, however, remains truly frightening. 

posted by Clancy Hughes | 10/06/2020 05:32:00 PM

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