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The coronavirus has now infected more than SARS ever did
One month after the new coronavirus was discovered, the virus has infected more people than the related SARS coronavirus did when it broke out in 2002/2003.
BY KEVIN GREENERpublished:
The newly erupted coronavirus has now infected more people than the related SARS coronavirus did during the SARS outbreak in 2002/2003. The latest official figures released by the Chinese authorities on Friday show that 9809 people have been infected with the new coronavirus. In comparison, a total of 8422 people were infected with SARS between November 2002 and July 2003, after which the WHO declared that the risk of infection at SARS was over. In addition, the Chinese authorities suspect that an additional 15,238 people are infected with the new coronavirus.
213 people have so far died of the new coronavirus, while the SARS outbreak killed a total of 916 people.
Chinese authorities have previously said that the coronavirus, which is still only officially known under the name 2019-ncov, had a mortality rate of about 2% – that is, about 2% of the infected door. Read the rest of this entry »