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Study Finds High Death Rate for Critically Ill Coronavirus Patients in China

Study Finds High Death Rate for Critically Ill Coronavirus Patients in China
Medical staff transfer a patient infected by the Novel Coronavirus at a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Feb. 22, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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The mortality rate for critically-ill coronavirus patients is high—greater than that for SARS, according to a new study analyzing that cohort of patients in virus epicenter Wuhan.

Chinese researchers, in a Feb. 24 study published on The Lancet, examined 52 critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Wuhan Jin Yin-tan hospital between late December 2019 and Jan. 26, and found that 32, 61.5 percent, later died.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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