Søvik S, Bådstøløkken PM, Sørensen V, et al. - Countries are reported to vary widely in mortality rates in COVID‐19 patients in need of mechanical ventilation and results are mostly from retrospective studies and may not be generalizable due to differences in demographics, healthcare organization and surge capacity. Researchers sought to report on a cohort of mechanically ventilated COVID‐19 patients from a resource‐rich, publicly financed healthcare system. In this prospective study, they included consecutive SARS‐CoV‐2 positive adult patients admitted to the ICU at a tertiary hospital for mechanical ventilation from March 10, 2020 to May 4, 2020. The main finding of this prospective cohort of mechanically ventilated COVID‐19 patients was a comparatively low hospital and 30‐day mortality rate of 13%. Relative to rates reported early from Chinese, Italian and US cohorts, this rate is far lower. This rate compares favorably with studies presented in a recent meta‐analysis where overall ICU mortality was 40.2%.