Alireza Hamidian Jahromi
1* 
, Hilda Mahmoudi
2 1 Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2 Department of Medical Education, Nova Southeastern University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Miami, USA
Abstract
While there have been so many speculations on calculating a more accurate estimate of COVID-19 mortality since the start of this pandemic, the complexity of the issue along with differences in reporting and testing systems has prevented accurate COVID-19 mortality calculations. Some non-controlled variables affect any mortality calculation which makes real estimation of the COVID-19 mortality extremely challenging and even impossible. Here we would like to re-calculate and compare the estimated COVID-19 mortality in Europe and the United States based on the currently available reported data.