Covid 19 Deaths Vs Other Diseases - Covid-19 Realtime Info
More than 13000 americans died last week from covid 19 surpassing past weekly averages for other common causes of death like heart disease and cancer.
Covid 19 deaths vs other diseases. The fast spreading novel coronavirus has caused thousands of deaths and disruptions to daily life across the world this year. In fact since the beginning of time there have been contagious diseases that have disrupted life and wreaked havoc on the worlds human population. The visualization below shows how the covid 19 projections and the real death toll which will be updated daily compare to estimated us. Death tolls of several other pandemics that have.
Covid 19 is particularly severe in and more likely to kill the elderly and people with existing illnesses including heart disease. A chart has been shared thousands of times on facebook and twitter alongside a claim it shows the seriousness of the novel coronavirus epidemic has been exaggerated when its death toll is compared to other diseasesbut health experts say the graphic is misleading and risks underplaying the danger of the novel coronavirus covid 19 which is a new disease with a fast rising mortality rate. Some people taken by covid 19 would likely have died. Once again we should stress what we discussed above.
Unlike the other diseases covid 19 is still spreading worldwide. One has to understand the measurement challenges and the definitions to interpret estimates of the cfr for covid 19 particularly those relating to an ongoing outbreak. How does the case fatality rate cfr of covid 19 compare to other virus outbreaks and diseases. Heart disease typically kills about 200000 americans between february and may each year but covid 19 has been deadlier than other common causes.