A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection fatality rates

Meyerowitz‐Katz, Gideon; Merone, Lea

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1464

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection fatality rates

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Sep 29, 2020

Authors:

Gideon Meyerowitz‐Katz

Lea Merone

Abstract

An important unknown during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been the infection fatality rate (IFR). This differs from the case fatality rate (CFR) as an estimate of the number of deaths and as a proportion of the total number of cases, including those who are mild and asymptomat...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Case fatality rate

Meta-analysis

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