Decreased Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 in the Second Wave: a study in 53 countries
Guihong Fan1, Zhichun Yang2, Qianying Lin3, Shi Zhao4,5, Lin Yang6, and Daihai He7,*
1 Mathematics Department, Columbus State University, US
2 School of Mathematical College, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China, 401331
3 Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
4 JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Shenzhen Research Institute of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
6 School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
7 Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
* Correspondence author: Daihai He, Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk;
Keywords: COVID-19; case fatality rate; influenza.
Running title: Time-varying case fatality rate of COVID-19
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