Although the death toll from the Corona virus reached to 38,000 worldwide by the afternoon of March 31, a recent study claimed that the outbreak was far less than previously estimated. Research published in the Medical Scientific Journal, The Lancet, which publishes research reports on diseases and outbreaks, claims that far fewer deaths have been recorded than initial coronary virus estimates worldwide.
According to a US Broadcasting CNN research report published in The Lancet, recent data on casualties, victims and their treatment suggests that far less Corona virus deaths are recorded as compared to the estimates during initial reports.
The study reports that although Corona virus deaths are lower than previously estimated, they still outnumber those with seasonal influenza. At present, the data shows that the Corona virus causes 0.66 percent of deaths, which is even less than 1%.
In the past, US medical & health specialists, including health professionals, had estimated that 2 percent of the people infected with the virus will eventually die. According to the report, recent research has only been conducted on the data of those killed by the Corona virus; it did not include casualties caused by other diseases.
The study also found that mostly people who are over the age of 80 lost their lives to Corona virus, while 9-year-olds have a much lower death rate. At the same time, it was reported that at the age of 40, at least 2 out of every one thousand victims of the virus died.
Similarly, according to the age calculation, it is said that if a patient is over 50 years, it will take some time to recover and such patients may take 25 days or more to gain complete recovery. The report also states that if a patient does not show symptoms of Corona virus for a few days and if he/she is suffering from the disease, the chances of death in this case are likely to increase and the patient may die within 10 days.
The research clearly states that deaths due to the Corona virus are higher than influenza, but those deaths are less than the estimates a month ago, but less than one percent people are losing their lives due to the pandemic.
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