WASHINGTON - As COVID-19 infections continue to climb in nearly 30 U.S. states, while the death toll has surpassed 150,000, a common question among many has been: If someone is infected with the novel coronavirus, how likely is that person to die?
But accurately calculating the mortality rate of COVID-19 is difficult amid the ongoing pandemic, experts say.“I’ve always thought that thinking about mortality rates in the middle of a pandemic is incredibly distracting,” said Dr.
Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. “The reason we don’t care about mortality rate in a snapshot in the middle of a pandemic is it’s very, very hard to calculate.” The current U.S.