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Definition of COVID-19 Related Deaths of Case-Fatality Rate and Characteristics of Patients Dying in Relation to COVID-19 in Italy.

The definition of case-fatality of COVID-19 related deaths in Italy encompasses all deaths occuring in patients who tested positive for COVID-19, regardless of pre-existing health conditions. Study of subsample of 355 patients of COVID-19 related deaths revealed mean number of 2.7 pre-existing disease and only 0.8% had no diseases.

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Updated 2020-04-10

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Biomedical Sciences