Death rates have dropped sharply
Amid a pandemic of bad news, there’s a bright spot: Survival rates among Covid-19 patients, even those with severe cases, are improving.
One New York hospital found that death rates among Covid-19 patients dropped to 3 percent from 30 percent between March and June, while a British study reported that survival rates of those in intensive care units jumped to 80 percent from 40 percent during the same period.
While it’s true that over time more young adults, who have better survival rates, have been hospitalized, studies have shown that the drop in…
