Monday, February 17, 2020

Chicoms report 72,436 cases of coronavirus infection, 1,868 deaths: Death rate rises to 2.57%

Contrast that with the US influenza data for 2017-18:

The overall burden of influenza for the 2017-2018 season was an estimated 45 million influenza illnesses, 21 million influenza-associated medical visits, 810,000 influenza-related hospitalizations, and 61,000 influenza-associated deaths.

Death rate: 0.136%.

Coronavirus is a bfd.