Higher Death Rates in the Italian COVID-19 Outbreak: A Comparative Modelling Analysis of 8,342 Italy and 44,672 China Cases

Authors :: Chao Zhang
Simone Lanini
Franco Locatelli
Alimuddin Zumla
Vincenzo Puro
Giuseppe Ippolito
Francesco Vairo
Fu-Sheng Wang
Paola Scognamiglio
Source :: SSRN Electronic Journal.
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Background: Italy is undergoing an unprecedented COVID-1 epidemic - one of the largest and most lethal outbreaks outside China The higher death rate observed c

Subjects :: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Modelling analysis
Geography
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Mortality rate
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Outbreak
China
Virology

Tools