Death rate was under 1% outside of Wuhan and in South Korea. It's over 5% within Wuhan and in Italy. The way I interpreted that discrepancy is that in the pre

Death rate was under 1% outside of Wuhan and in South Korea. It's over 5% within Wuhan and in Italy. The way I interpreted that discrepancy is that in the presence of full testing and good ICU care, the death rate from COVID-19 is about 0.7-1%. When the hospitals get overloaded, as they've been in Wuhan and Italy, the death rate skyrockets to 5-10%. This also squares roughly with the number of people who need ICU care in places where the death rate is low. If you need ICU care and don't get it, presumably you'll be dead.