Case fatality rates in the US
January 2022: 0.30% (relatively few deaths compared with enormous case counts over 20m yielded this)
February 2022: 1.59% (consistent with adequate case counting as in 2020 and 2021)
March 2022 to the 23rd: 3.00% (case counting goes in the toilet)
2021 average: 1.38%
2020 average: 1.73%