South Korea has tested 140,000 people for the coronavirus. That could explain why its death rate is just 0.6%

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That's because more widespread testing leads more mild cases to be included in the count. The US, by contrast, has tested around 1,500 people. The country has 221 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, suggesting a death rate of 5%. The US' testing capacity has been limited. More than six weeks later, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested around 1,500 people for the virus. The nation is capable of conducting as many as 10,000 tests per day and has built drive-thru testing clinics that can detect coronavirus cases in just 10 minutes. Widespread testing could mean a lower death rate because the majority of coronavirus cases around 80% are considered mild. In the US, people without severe symptoms haven't been tested because of limited availability, which may explain why the nation's death rate so far is high: more than 5%. That's higher than the death rate in China nearly 4% where the outbreak started. The CDC had only tested people who had recent exposure to a confirmed patient, had travelled to a country with an outbreak, or required hospitalization. This has made it difficult for doctors and health officials to test or diagnose many patients with mild cases, which likely explains the US' high death rate. 'You don't have the capacity to test everybody' South Korea saw a spike in coronavirus cases after a 61-year-old woman transmitted the virus to other members of a fringe religious group, the controversial Shincheonji Church of Jesus. The tests turned out to be faulty: A problem with one ingredient caused more than half of state labs to receive inconclusive results. McCarthy told CNBC he had to call the Department of Health and "Plead to test people" at his hospital in New York. On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration began allowing academic hospital labs to develop and use their own coronavirus tests. "We're at a couple of hundred tests per day, so you prioritize who can be tested," Cuomo said. "You don't have the capacity to test everybody 'just in case.'". Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web