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Information on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (transmissibility, disease seriousness, impact) is crucial for preparation of healthcare sectors. We present a simple approach to assess disease seriousness, creating a reference cohort of pneumonia patients from sentinel hospitals. First comparisons exposed a higher rate of COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation. There were more case fatalities among COVID-19 patients without comorbidities than in the reference cohort. Hospitals should prepare for high utilisation of ventilation and intensive care resources.

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Influenza-associated pneumonia as reference to assess seriousness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Kristin+Tolksdorf&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tolksdorf Kristin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Silke+Buda&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Buda Silke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ekkehard+Schuler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schuler Ekkehard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lothar+H+Wieler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wieler Lothar H</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Walter+Haas&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Haas Walter</a></span>. Influenza-associated pneumonia as reference to assess seriousness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(11):pii=2000258. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000258" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000258</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 06 Mar 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 16 Mar 2020 </span> </p>
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