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Explainer: Why the coronavirus death rate still eludes scientists

Healthcare worker dressed in protective gear. [Reuters]

Global deaths from Covid-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to figure out a crucial metric in the pandemic: the fatality rate - the percentage of people infected with the pathogen who die.

Here is a look at issues surrounding better understanding the Covid-19 death rate.

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