12 hours later.
4,474 infected, 107 dead, 63 recovered
107/170 is 63%.
I'm not convinced it's just slight worse than the flu. CDC estimates 35 million people in the US had the flu, with 34,157 deaths in 2018-2019.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.htmlAnd that's without imposing travel restrictions on 50 million people, building 4 hospitals dedicated to the virus in a fortnight. It's the response and the economic damage China is prepared to undergo, is causing the worry.