Explanation: The mortality rate of meningitis is higher than that of coronavirus, however meningitis does not kill more people than the coronavirus. While about 1 million cases of meningitis are reported each year, the annual rate of coronavirus infection has already exceeded the annual rate of meningitis by 68 times.
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