Coronavirus, more commonly referred to as COVID-19, is five times more deadly than the flu according to a new study by the VA in St. Louis and Washington University.

Reported on by KMOV4, the study concluded that people with COVID-19 are also four times more likely to need a ventilator to breath than those who have the flu. Those with COVID-19 are also more likely to suffer a kidney injury, stroke or septic shock than those with the flu.

These findings were compiled after comparing more than 12,000 people hospitalized with the flu to more than 3,600 people hospitalized with COVID-19.

The flu and COVID-19 aren't the only two things that are sometimes confused. Some struggle to understand the different between COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. This article explains how the two are different.