If 1% of COVID-19 cases result in death, does that mean you have a 1% chance of dying if you catch it? A mathematician explains the difference between a population statistic and your personal risk
- Written by Joseph Stover, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Gonzaga University
The risk of dying from COVID-19 varies from person to person.Jasmin Merdan/Moment via Getty ImagesAs of April 2023, about 1% of people who contracted COVID-19 ended up dying. Does that mean you have a 1% chance of dying from COVID-19?
That 1% is what epidemiologists call the case fatality rate, calculated by dividing the number of confirmed...
