The 51-year-old director of a Chinese hospital at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak became one of its victims Tuesday.
John BaconThe director of a Chinese hospital at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak became one of its victims Tuesday despite"all out" efforts to save his life, Chinese health officials said.
Liu, 51, was a leading figure in neurosurgery, the newspaper said. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said Liu made “important contributions in the work of fighting and controlling” the virus, known as COVID-19. His death was one of 98 on Tuesday attributed to the virus, pushing the global death toll to 1,875, including 1,789 in Hubei. All but a handful of global, virus-related deaths have occurred in mainland China.Coronavirus, explained:Study: Virus far more deadly than flu
Still, the coronavirus death rate is far below that of severe acute respiratory syndrome – SARS – which swept across China almost two decades ago. SARS death rate was almost 10%, although less than 10,000 SARS cases were ever confirmed.
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