Piers Morgan was shaken on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain after Doctor Hilary Jones revealed the harsh reality of coronavirus survival rates.
On Wednesday, the UK passed the grim landmark of over 26,000 deaths from COVID-19, after care home fatalities were added to the daily total.
Addressing the subject on GMB, Piers said: "It's quite important to talk about the death toll a lot - and rightly because people have been losing their lives in large numbers.
"What is the survival rate? People are saying we don't see many people coming out of hospital. What is the reality, in hospitals for example?"
Dr Hilary replied: "Okay, this will shock some people but currently of those most severely affected by coronavirus and who are admitted to hospital, half of them will recover and discharged but 30% will lose their lives and the other 20% are still in hospital.
"So that's stark and those figures have been compared to the mortality rate of Ebola, one of the most feared infections in the world in the last few years."
Dr Hilary's chilling words came as the UK became the second worst affected country in Europe for coronavirus deaths, with some experts predicting that we could soon be the worst, ahead of Italy.
