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2019-nCoV
7y ago
If indeed most people stay asymptomatic (but contagious), you're right that the actual mortality rate is lower. But this same outlook would translate to an increase in total fatalities as it greatly complicates containment.
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7y ago
It's currently 171 deaths, 8,288 confirmed infected, which is 2% dead. However, what needs to be taken into consideration is that infected individuals don't die the day they are confirmed infected, there is a lag of several days.