Fact check: Does COVID-19 have a mortality rate of 1-2%?

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Fact check: Does COVID-19 have a mortality rate of 1-2%?
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The exact mortality rate of COVID-19 in the United States isn’t yet known, because too many people may have had coronavirus but were never formally tested.

A person’s age or underlying health conditions, and if there’s capacity in the health care system for proper care are key among them.Our fact-check sources:

Congressional testimony by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Interview with Dr. Theo Vos. Vos, professor of health metrics sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations at the University of WashingtonInterview with Yumou Qiu, assistant professor of statistics at Iowa State University

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