It's Important to gauge the fatality rate and R0 for any disease in order to determine how hazard the diseases can be and both can vary from country to country, Region to Region.
Let's understand, what is fatality rate and R0
R0, pronounced “R naught,” is a mathematical term that indicates how contagious an infectious disease is. It’s also referred to as the reproduction number. R0 tells you how many people the disease can be transmitted from one infected person.
For example, if a disease has an R0 of 5, a person who is infected will transmit it to an average of 5 other people.
The fatality rate is basically the number of people who died due to diseases,
For Example, If 12 people died out of 100 infected people then the fatality rate is 12%
Dieses can be any form Outbreak, Epidemic, and Pandemic of virus and Bacteria.
The below chart shows the fatality rate and R0 of the few diseases.
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If you take an example of COVID-19, Here the Fatality rate is approx. 5 and R0 is between approx. 2.0 to 2.6.
As discussed it can vary from region to region, Then the question arises what is the Fatality rate and R0 in India?
As per the current reports, the Fatality Rate of COVID-19 is 2.3 and R0 is between 1.1 to 1.3
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