Coronavirus Cases:

Coronavirus Cases:
31,524
of which 4,825 (15%)
in critical condition
Deaths:
638
Recovered:
1,659

TRANSMISSION RATE (Ro)
(estimated range)
3 – 4 (?)
(3- 4 newly infected from 1 case)
FATALITY RATE (CFR)
(WHO early estimate)
2% (?)
(more details)
INCUBATION PERIOD
(estimated)
2 – 14 days
(up to 2 weeks without symptoms)
COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
(affected by 2019-nCoV)
28
(full list)

Comparisons:
Every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza (flu) viruses. This figure corresponds to 795 to 1,781 deaths per day due to the seasonal flu.
SARS (November 2002 to July 2003): was a coronavirus that originated from Beijing, China, spread to 29 countries, and resulted in 8,096 people infected with 774 deaths (fatality rate of 9.6%). Considering that SARS ended up infecting 5,237 people in mainland China, Wuhan Coronavirus surpassed SARS on January 29, 2020, when Chinese officials confirmed 5,974 cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). One day later, on January 30, 2020 the novel coronavirus cases surpassed even the 8,096 cases worldwide which were the final SARS count in 2003.
MERS (in 2012) killed 858 people out of the 2,494 infected (fatality rate of 34.4%).

Novel Coronavirus Worldometer Sections:
Coronavirus Update

Cases
Deaths
Mortality Rate
Transmission Rate
Incubation Period
Age & Demographics
Countries with cases
Cases in the US

David Adams

Article URL : https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/