In my morbid fascination with casualty rates it is hard for me not look at the statistics on the coronavirus and not calculate morbidity rates. Here are the stats: Country…………………….Cases……..Deaths………Rate World Wide…………………82,548…….2,810……………3.41% China………………………..78,497…….2,744……………3.50% S. Korea……………………..1,766…………13……………0.74% Italy……………………………..528…………14…………..2.65% Iran……………………………..245…………26…………10.61% Japan…………………………..189…………..3……………1.59% Singapore………………………93 Hong Kong……………………..92……………2……………2.17 United States…………………..60 Kuwait…………………………..43 Thailand………………………..40 Bahrain…………………………33 Taiwan………………………….32……………1…………….3.13 Germany……………………….26 Australia………………………..23 Malaysia……………………….22 France………………………….18……………2…………….11.11 Vietnam………………………..16 Philippines………………………3……………1…………….33.33 Cruise ships…………………705……………4………………0.57 … Continue reading Mortality Rates of the Coronavirus by Country