Case-Fatality Rate and Characteristics of Patients Dying in Relation to COVID-19 in Italy

2020/03/23 by Graziano Onder, Giovanni Rezza, Silvio Brusaferro · 22 citations
Medicine · #COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

paper · doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4683

openalex publication_date 2020/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

This Viewpoint from physicians with the Italian National Institute of Health confirms a higher case-fatality rate from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy compared with China and explains possible reasons, including age, cause of death definitions, and testing strategy.

Citations

• The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) — China, 2020

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