Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
Robert Verity, PhD †
Lucy C Okell, PhD †
Ilaria Dorigatti, PhD †
Peter Winskill, PhD †
Charles Whittaker, MSc †
Natsuko Imai, PhD
et al.
Open AccessPublished:March 30, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30243-7
Summary
Background
In the face of rapidly changing data, a range of case fatality ratio estimates for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been produced that differ substantially in magnitude. We aimed to provide robust estimates, accounting for censoring and ascertainment biases.