The case fatality rate of corona virus so far has been the lowest

Do not panic, time to fight out

The case fatality rate of corona virus so far has been the lowest

Dr KK Aggarwal

President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA

Comparison with deadly viruses

	Wuhan 2019 m CoV	MERS	SARS	Common cold caused by coronavirus
Detected	Dec 2019	2012, Southey Arabia	2002 in southern China.	Winter each year
Origin	Bats, Snakes	Bats, Camel	Bats, civets
Cases	14 countries	All cases linked to Arabian Peninsula, with 80% in Saudi Arabia. Others in about two dozen countries, including U.S. Cases and deaths have been declining since 2016.	No new cases reported since 2004. 87% of previous cases in China and Hong Kong.	Four coronavirus strains are thought to be responsible for 15-30% of common colds.
India	None	None	None
Human to human	Close contact	Close contact	Close contacts	Close contact
		2,494 confirmed cases; 858 deaths (as of Nov. 30, 2019).	8,098 cases; 774 deaths	Millions each year
Mortality	3%	34%	10%	Generally nonlethal with rare exceptions.

Case fatality rate

1.       2019 corona 3%

2.       MERS 35%

3.       SARS 10%

4.       Diphtheria 5-10%

5.       Polio: 2-5% children, 15-30% adults

6.       Swine flu < 0.15

7.       Whooping cough 4% infants < 1yr, 1% children < 4 years

8.       Ebola 50%

9.       Small-Pox 30-40%

10.   Measles 10-15% developing countries