Re:Severe Outcomes Among U.S. Patients with Covid-19, Feb 12...
by mcbits on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:36PM
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I think you're reading it right, assuming they do know the ages of all people hospitalized, and the total cases with known+unknown age have close to the same distribution as the cases with known age. 102 hospitalizations / 1226 total cases = 8.3%.
A huge remaining unknown is how many people were infected but not tested, which would tend to reduce that 8.3% but perhaps not to a negligible level.
A huge remaining unknown is how many people were infected but not tested, which would tend to reduce that 8.3% but perhaps not to a negligible level.