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Mar 7, 2020 | 10:57 am

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Originally Posted by rustykettel

Something I've been noticing in the relatively large numbers of recovered in both Iran and Italy per the Worldometers numbers, particularly compared to South Korea but also other countries. Either they're further into outbreak or assessing recovered differently (clinical vs laboratory?) is what it looks like to me. Any insight?

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Originally Posted by Dieuwer

The facts do not agree with your assertion.
According to Worldometer (12:45 PM EST, 3/7/20), in South Korea the ratio between recovered and deaths is 118/48 = 2.46 whereas in Italy the ratio is 589/233 = 2.53. The difference is not significant.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

rustykettel also mentioned Iran. Recovered vs deaths is listed at 1669/145 = 11.51. Big difference (if you can trust the numbers.)

Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Mar 7, 2020 at 11:50 am Reason: fix maths