Table 2.

COVID-19 age-specific case morbidity and fatality rates

	Morbidity, % of positive tests			Fatality rates, %
	China	South Korea	Italy (Lombardy)	China	South Korea	Italy (all regions)
0–9 years	0·9	1·0	0·4	0·0	0·0	0·0
10–19 years	1·2	5·2	0·8	0·2	0·0	0·0
20–29 years	8·1	28·0	2·7	0·2	0·0	0·0
30–39 years	17	10·3	5·1	0·2	0·1	0·0
40–49 years	19·2	14·0	9·4	0·4	0·1	0·1
50–59 years	22·4	19·3	16·6	1·3	0·4	0·6
60–69 years	19·2	12·4	17·5	17·5	1·6	2·7
70–79 years	8·8	6·5	23·2	8·0	5·4	9·6
≥80 years	3·2	3·3	19·7	14·8	10·2	16·6

Data for China,⁴² South Korea,⁴³ and Italy.⁴⁴ Average age of death in Italy is 81 years, and mortality in Italy in people older than 90 years was 19%.⁴⁴