Coronavirus Live Updates: Disease Is Roughly 20 Times Deadlier Than Seasonal Flu

Official figures from China suggest that the disease caused by the coronavirus has a fatality rate of at least 2.3 percent. In contrast, the flu’s fatality rate in the United States is 0.1 percent. China recorded fewer than 100 new deaths in the previous 24 hours.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
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