Assessment of the fatality rate and transmissibility taking account of undetected cases during an unprecedented COVID-19 surge in Taiwan
Abstract Background During the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan between May 11 and June 20, 2021, the observed fatality rate (FR) was 5.3%, higher than the global average at 2.1%.The high number of reported deaths suggests that many patients were not treated promptly or effectively.However, many unexplained deaths were subsequently identified as cases,