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Comment
. 2023 Jan;95(1):e28231.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.28231. Epub 2022 Oct 26.

Global case fatality rate from COVID-19 has decreased by 96.8% during 2.5 years of the pandemic

Nobuyuki Horita  1 , Takeshi Fukumoto  2
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Global case fatality rate from COVID-19 has decreased by 96.8% during 2.5 years of the pandemic

Nobuyuki Horita et al. J Med Virol. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; epidemiology; immunity; mortality; vaccination.

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Chronological change in COVID‐19 case fatality rates. 95％ CI, 95% confidence interval.
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