Coronavirus By the Numbers – 83% of Affected Countries Have Mortality Rates of Infected Persons Less than 1%

According to the most recent data at Worldometer tracking website, the coronavirus mortality rates for individuals catching the virus are declining at a rate closer to the numbers we expect to see in a typical flu virus as the denominator continues to increase on a global scale.

According to the most recent data the mortality rate for those infected with the coronavirus is getting closer to what you would expect from a normal flu virus and in many cases is less.

The elderly are hit the hardest by the coronavirus and this is similar to the flu where 90% of the deaths come from individuals age 65 and over.

According to the US Surgeon General Jerome Adams the average age of death of the coronavirus is 80-year-olds:

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said children and young adults are “much more likely” to die from the flu than the coronavirus, stating that the average age of those who've died from the novel coronavirus is 80-years-old.

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— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) March 10, 2020

The death rate for the coronavirus appears similar to the flu as the death rates are highest among the elderly:

The death rate soars to 14.8% in those 80 and older; among those ages 70 to 79, the COVID-19 death rate in China seems to be about 8%; it’s 3.6% for those ages 60 to 69; 1.3% for 50 to 59; 0.4% for the age group 40 to 49; and just 0.2% for people ages 10 to 39. No deaths in children under 9 have been reported.

There are no recorded coronavirus deaths of infants up to 10 years of age according to the worldometer website as well, where the data below comes from.

HERE ARE OUR RESULTS:

* 115 countries (and the Diamond Princess) have confirmed coronavirus cases

* 80% of countries with confirmed cases report no deaths

* Seven countries report more than 100 cases and no deaths (Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Singapore, Austria, Malaysia and Bahrain)

* 83% of affected countries have mortality rates of those infected less than 1%

* 88% of countries identified with citizens carrying the coronavirus have mortality rates less than 2%

* South Korea’s mortality rate is less than 0.72%

* Overall mortality rate minus China, Italy and Iran is 1.1%

* 19 of the 27 deaths in the US were at one senior center in Washington state

Death numbers from CoronaVirus in America are incredibly misleading. Out of US 26 fatal cases, 23 were in King County, Washington (88.5%). Out 162 Washington state people infected, 116 are in King county (72%). Most of them in Life Care Center of Kirkland https://t.co/icIGSIBrsu pic.twitter.com/bsR4TpDXO6

— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) March 10, 2020

* US mortality rate minus Washington Senior Center is 1.1%

To put the current panic in perspective... There have been 26 coronavirus deaths in US and 19 of those in one senior center... And 20,000 to 50,000 flu deaths this flu season. ⁦@LouDobbs⁩ pic.twitter.com/dM5bCfXFmr

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) March 9, 2020

The best advice on how to handle the coronavirus comes from the doctor below:

This doctor’s advice for surviving the Wuhan #coronavirus:

1. Stay calm.

2. Wash your hands.

3. Turn off the garbage news media.

— Dr. Milton Wolf (@MiltonWolfMD) March 9, 2020