The mortality rate was previously thought to be hovering around 2% but they are now finding it's over 3%. It's believed by researchers to most likely end up around 1% which is still 10 times higher than the seasonal flu. Watch this clip to keep things in context, however. Glenn and Stu discuss the random things that have a much higher chance of killing you, ladders and chainsaws are just a couple.
Glenn gives the latest coronavirus numbers, updating YOU on everything needed to know as Americans and officials monitor China's new COVID-19 virus:
Daily Stats as of 5:30 AM CT (from John's Hopkins)
- Total Confirmed Cases 94,293 (up 2,018 from 92,275 yesterday)
- Total Confirmed Deaths 3,219 (up 89 from 3,130 yesterday)
- 81 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up from 77 yesterday), 9 more have Suspected cases
- 17% of Active Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization, down from 18% yesterday) including 5% that Require ICU treatment
- US has 128 Confirmed Cases, and now 9 Deaths (all deaths in Washington State)
- US Cases include 2nd confirmed case in LA County, 2 New Cases in New Hampshire, 2 new cases in New York
- CDC Website no longer directly reporting total # of US Citizens tested since regional hospitals can now directly test
- Previous WHO estimates had been 2.0% to 2.3%
- Case Fatality Rate of 3.4% is expected to go lower over time as testing increases in the US and we identify more and more infected cases who don't die
- However, the current Case Fatality Rate is 34 times higher than Seasonal Flu
- Most analysts and the head of the US CDC expect the final Case Fatality Rate to be around 1%, still about 10 times more deadly than Seasonal Flu https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/top-us-doctor-says-coronavirus-now-an-outbreak-possibly-a-pandemic/
- Note: a limited study from China of 103 random blood samples from confirmed infected COVID-19 patients
- Researchers designated the two strains L & S, one a mutation of the other
- L is the more deadly strain, and 70% of fatalities are patients who carry the L strain. The L strain appears to be more Virulent and contagious.
- Scientists indicated the two strains may explain why some patients have mild cases like the Flu, and other patients have severe reactions
- Globally, scientists are tracking 72 separate mutations of SARS-CoV-2, most of which are extremely minor https://nextstrain.org/ncov?c=country&l=radial&m=div
- There is a small risk of further mutation of the virus into something more dangerous, all the more reason to avoid the spread of the Virus: more infected bodies = more chance the Virus can mutate
- More than a dozen schools are closed for the rest of the week in Washington state
- Two high schools and a private Jewish high school closed in New York
- Additional school closings are expected in Washington this week
- This despite the fact that COVID-19 hasn't killed a single child under the age of 10 and almost none under the age of 18 https://www.businessinsider.com/no-children-under-10-died-from-coronavirus-2020-2
- The emergency declaration was to activate his powers to keep Diamond Princes Cruise passengers in Quarantine past the 14 days mandated by the CDC
- Mayor wants 2 Negative COVID-19 tests for each person before they are allowed to leave Quarantine
- Meme read "For the record, if I do get the Coronavirus, I'm attending every MAGA rally I can"
- Denver City Councilwoman named Candi CdeBaca retweeted with the phrase "#Solidarity YAAAS!"
- The Colorado Republican Party has called for her immediate resignation
- Many stores rationing Hand Sanitizer, Toilet Paper, Surgical Masks, Handsoap, Paper Towels and Bottled Water
- Walmart, Target, CVS and Walgreens have all capped sales of certain items to any individual buyer (e.g. 1 bottle hand sanitizer per customer at CVS stores)
- Images and videos of Panic buying have come from across the country
- Similar reports of panic-buying have come from Australia, The UK, France, Italy, and Canada