Definitely not the flu: risk of death from COVID-19 3.5 times higher than from flu

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/cmaj-dnt021021.php

 

News Release 10-Feb-2021
Canadian Medical Association Journal

 

A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.

"We can now say definitively that COVID-19 is much more severe than seasonal influenza," says Dr. Amol Verma, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, and the University of Toronto. "Patients admitted to hospital in Ontario with COVID-19 had a 3.5 times greater risk of death, 1.5 times greater use of the ICU, and 1.5 times longer hospital stays than patients admitted with influenza."

These findings are similar to study results recently reported in France and the United States.


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