Letter to the editor
Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19

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Abstract

Many reasons restrict obtaining an accurate estimate of Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and Mortality Rate (MR) by COVID-19. The main concern is the number of infected people and deaths. We aimed to discuss some solutions for accurate estimating of CFR and MR.

Keywords

Case-fatality rate
COVID-19
excess death
mortality rate
surveillance

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