COVID-19 pandemic

==== Case fatality ratio (CFR) ====
Another metric in assessing death rate is the [[case fatality rate|case fatality ratio]] (CFR),{{efn|Some refer to "fatality rate"; however, "fatality ratio" is more accurate as this is not per unit time.<ref name="WHOest" />}} which is the ratio of deaths to diagnoses. This metric can be misleading because of the delay between symptom onset and death and because testing focuses on symptomatic individuals.<ref name="Hauser 2020">{{#invoke:cite journal||vauthors=Hauser A, Counotte MJ, Margossian CC, Konstantinoudis G, Low N, Althaus CL, Riou J|date=July 2020|title=Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 mortality during the early stages of an epidemic: A modeling study in Hubei, China, and six regions in Europe|journal=PLOS Medicine|volume=17|issue=7|pages=e1003189|doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003189|pmc=7386608|pmid=32722715|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Based on [[Johns Hopkins University]] statistics, the global CFR is {{replace|{{Cases in the COVID-19 pandemic|ratio|editlink=|ref=no}}|%|&nbsp;percent}} ({{Cases in the COVID-19 pandemic|deaths|editlink=|ref=no}} deaths for {{Cases in the COVID-19 pandemic|confirmed|editlink=|ref=no}} cases) as of {{Cases in the COVID-19 pandemic|date|editlink=|ref=no}}.{{Cases in the COVID-19 pandemic|ref=yes}} The number varies by region and has generally declined over time.<ref name="b0L7I">{{#invoke:cite journal||vauthors=Lazzerini M, Putoto G|date=May 2020|title=COVID-19 in Italy: momentous decisions and many uncertainties|journal=The Lancet. Global Health|volume=8|issue=5|pages=e641–e642|doi=10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30110-8|pmc=7104294|pmid=32199072}}</ref>