Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Bofferbrauer2]

Chicho said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Looks like today n-CoV will overtake SARS in numbers of infected people (8096 for SARS, n-CoV currently at 7715 8286 and climbing fast)

Edit: it's done. And I fear there will be more deaths in the end, too.

It overtook it on confirmed cases but not in dead toll. That stands at 213 Vs 774. Looks like is more infectious but not as deadly. 

SARS didn't kill everybody in just one month, give it time. Just look at the rate people die: right now, over 30 persons die per day from the virus. Even without new infections, there would be quite a lot of people who still were to die because they are already in a critical state.