COVID-19 Stats 4/29/20

I love stats, I hate this virus, but let's post some stats.  I am trying to figure out if this virus is a getting more hype than it should be.   There was a couple doctors that posted a video on YouTube on April 23rd and it was removed on April 27th.  They basically gave stats on the virus and compared it to the Flu.  They said if you do the simple math you will see it is much like Flu.

I took some screen shots of the John Hopkins University stats page on March 26 and 27th.  I planned to take a screen shot every week, but I botched that.

MARCH 26, 2020

Simple Calculations of percentages. 

Total Deaths / Total Confirmed = Death Percentage
22,169 / 491,623 = .04509 (4.5%)

Total Recovery / Total Confirmed = Recovery Rate
118,245 / 491,623 = .2405 (24%)


APRIL 29, 2020

Death Rate: 218,649 / 3,142,942 = .0695 (6.95%)

Rate of Recovery: 948,693 / 3,142,942 = .3018 (30.18%)

It appears that recovery is going up, but death rate has increased a little in the last month and few days.


FLU STATS

2018/2019 (Estimates like the COVID-19, not everything is reported)
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html

Deaths / Cases: 34,157 / 35,520,883 = .000961 (.096 %)


2017/2018
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

Deaths / Cases:  61,099 / 44,802,629 = .001363 (.136 %)