Case Fatality Rate (CFR) measures the severity of a particular disease by defining the total number of deaths as a proportion of reported cases of a specific disease at a specific time.

The heavily minority borough has the highest per-case fatality rate in NYC. The first thing ... to wreak havoc across the borough. "It's just a formula for disaster," Hernandez said.

The case fatality rate for the seasonal flu is about 0.1 to 0.2%. It means that for every 10,000 people with a documented case of the flu, 10 to 20 will die. This method of calculation is often ...

That number was determined by using a simple mathematical formula — the number of ... worldwide — putting the current global case fatality rate at just over 4.5 per cent.

During congressional testimony yesterday, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, estimated that the case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 will prove ...

That model assumed case fatality rates—the share of infected people who die from the disease—of 1% to 3%. The World Health Organization’s estimated case-fatality rate was 3.4%.