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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by learc83 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:52PM (#22435710)
Only 4 have died, and all 4 were in their 80s.
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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by wtvanhest on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:03PM (#22435851)
You are correct: https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus...

I must have remembered the wrong number.

4/705 = 0.5% (1/2 a percent), which is still pretty high vs the flu, but not 2% or 7.8% or whatever crazy numbers people are quoting.

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