Mortality Rates of Five Global Pandemics

Yosepha Pusparisa 19/03/2020 12:09 WIB

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COVID-19 is not the only pandemic the world has faced; its mortality rate is only 3.4%. Ebola, originating in Africa, has a much higher mortality rate of 50%.

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The world is battling the coronavirus (COVID-19). Before this outbreak, the world had also experienced other outbreaks, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012. Each outbreak had a different mortality rate, based on the ratio of deaths to total cases.

Ebola had the highest mortality rate. Originating in Africa, this outbreak had a mortality rate of up to 50%. MERS and SARS followed with mortality rates of 34.3% and 10%, respectively.

Compared to other outbreaks, COVID-19's mortality rate is higher than that of seasonal flu. Based on data from March 6th, COVID-19 had a mortality rate of 3.4%, while seasonal flu's mortality rate is only around 0.05%.

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