Trends in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Within a US Academic Health System, 2020-2025

Nicholas A Turner; Jason E Stout; Jeffrey D Jenks

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofag138

Trends in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Within a US Academic Health System, 2020-2025

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 14;13(3):ofag138. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag138. eCollection 2026 Mar.

Authors

Nicholas A Turner¹, Jason E Stout¹, Jeffrey D Jenks^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Durham County Department of Public Health, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was initially associated with higher mortality than other respiratory viruses. We assessed trends in mortality following a positive COVID-19 test within a single academic health system. Among individuals with COVID-19, 30-day crude and adjusted mortality rates have decreased but remain numerically similar to higher than influenza.

Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).