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Study finds much lower coronavirus fatality rate than prior estimates shared by top health officials

By Spencer Neale
Published March 31, 2020 9:33pm ET
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Study finds much lower coronavirus fatality rate than prior estimates shared by top health officials
Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. | (Vahid Salemi/AP)

A new study found the fatality rate associated with the coronavirus pandemic to be much lower than earlier estimates by top U.S. and global health officials.

The findings, published on Monday by the Lancet medical journal, estimate the fatality rate of those infected by the coronavirus is 0.66%, which is still higher than the seasonal flu death rate at 0.1%, but much lower than estimates proposed by world leaders as the COVID-19 outbreak spread across the globe.

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