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What Is Causing Deaths from the Coronavirus COVID-19?

What you need to know about coronavirus.

The coronavirus is only killing about 2 percent of people who fall ill from the virus. While many deaths have occurred in older people with other health issues, some younger medical personnel have also succumbed to the disease.

This is the first news article I've come across that provides some medical details explaining how the virus is interacting with different people. Check out How the coronavirus can kill people.

 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.