How to Use case fatality rate in a Sentence

case fatality rate

noun
  • Hantavirus is associated with a case fatality rate of up to 50% in the Americas.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
  • Hantavirus is more common in Asia and Europe, where the strains that circulate are less deadly, with a case fatality rate that ranges from less than 1% to 15%.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
  • The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

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