Updated 2019-nCoV Mortality Rate is 1.35% Using New Official Chinese ‘Suspected Infected’ and Death Toll Figures
Dead: 81
Suspected Infected: 6,000 (This is a new official term, not used previously.)
Mortality Rate: 81/6000 x 100 = 1.35%
1918 Spanish Flu Mortality Rate: 2.5% to 3.0%, although some credible historic estimates put the Mortality Rate at 5.0% or higher. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s mortality rate for the Spanish Flu is 10%.
Mortality Rate in 2019 for Flu in the U.S.: 0.1%