Mortality refers to the number of deaths in a certain period of time, scaled to the size of the population
Synonyms
Death rate
Todesrate
Detailed description
The reference period for the mortality rate is usually one year. Moreover, event-specific, age-specific and disease-specific mortality rates can be calculated.
A new virological study changes our assessment of the new coronavirus. The research group of Professor Christian Drosten (Bonn University/DZIF) has shown that the new coronavirus does not use the same
