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Originally Posted by vermonster
And in Sumter County about 10%, the highest rate of any county in Florida.
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Originally Posted by kanoa1kale2
Without any knowledge of how many had the virus, there is no way to calculate the death toll percentage. We have insufficient testing capability to even make a swag about the death rate.
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Let's start with that one. Death rate for COVID is calculated using deaths divided by cases, times 100. This is true in every county and every country. Obviously lack of broad testing despite its promised universal availability does artificially inflate the calculation. But the same problem is everywhere. Vermonster is correct. Sumter also has the highest average age of COVID patients. I think these two data points are related.
CASE DATA FOR SUMTER as of 9 AM 4/18
Total Cases: 120 [these are test positive cases]
Deaths: 11 11/120 = .092 times 100 = 9.2%
Demographics of Cases
Age: Age Range: 18 to 92
Median Age: 68