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Risk of death 3.5 times higher for COVID-19 than influenza: CMAJ study
COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.The numbers put a figure on the severity of the novel coronavirus, which experts have been speaking to since the pandemic began. Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How many Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19? The study analyzed hospitalized cases of COVID and influenza between November 2019 and June 2020 in seven Toronto-area hospitals, finding that people admitted with COVID-19 were 1.5 times more likely to need intensive care, and stayed in hospitals 1.5 times longer than patients admitted with influenza.The study used data extracted from hospital computer systems to describe details of patients’ hospitalizations, says Dr.