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cord-303991-pjycxlse	Shah, M. R. T.	Finding the real COVID-19 case-fatality rates for SAARC countries	2020-10-27		.txt	text/plain	2985	171	57	In this study, we estimated both survival interval and underreporting adjusted CFR of COVID-19 for the SAARC countries and observed the CFR changes due to the imposition of fees on COVID-19 tests in Bangladesh. Using the daily records up to 9th October, we implemented a statistical method to remove both the bias in crude CFR, i.e., the delay between disease onset and outcome bias and due to asymptomatic or mild symptomatic cases, reporting rates lower than 50% (95% CI: 10%-50%) bias. However, no study has thoroughly investigated COVID-19 adjusted CFR of SAARC countries, a regional union of eight nations-Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study's objective was to calculate and compare the COVID-19 CFR for SAARC countries adjusted by the disease's survival interval and reporting rates. Therefore, in this study, we estimated the adjusted CFR of COVID-19 outbreak for the selected SAARC countries, i.e., Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.	./cache/cord-303991-pjycxlse.txt	./txt/cord-303991-pjycxlse.txt