Partial update on the mortality rates for the coronavirus:
Country…………………….Cases……..Deaths………..Rate
World Wide…………………84,124…….2,867……………3.41%
S. Korea……………………..2,337………..13…………….0.56%
Italy……………………………..888………..21…………….2.36%
Iran……………………………..388………..34…………….8.76%
Japan…………………………..228…………4*……………1.75%
Cruise Ships…………………..705…………5……………..0.71%
* The site says 4, some news reports are now giving higher counts.
This update is caused by the continue expansion of cases in S. Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan. These are the four countries outside of China that report over a 100 cases. This post was updated in the afternoon because of additional Italian data.
Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 2/28/20 as of 4:13.12 PM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE
A few observations:
- S. Korea has a noticeably lower mortality rate than any other nation with over a 100 cases. This may be because of better identification and testing of people with the virus.
- Italy is now nearing a thousand cases, as I mentioned yesterday was possibly the case.
- Iran’s mortality rate is now lower because they are identifying more cases. Of course, some of these new cases may be fatal.
- I assume Japan’s figures will be sorted out as reports and updates are made.
- The cruise ship figure is interesting as it is a more contained environment. Japan quarantined 3,711 passengers and crew from the Diamond Princess. Of those 705 tested positive for Coronavirus and five have died.
