Most people who are infected will have a mild illness and recover completely in two weeks. In an epidemiological study of 44,672 confirmed cases in China authored by an emergency response team of epidemiologists and published by the Chinese CDC researchers reported that about 81% of cases were considered mild. The researchers defined mild as those ranging the slightest symptoms to mild pneumonia to no symptoms. Of those cases, not a single person died. Otherwise about 14% were considered severe, which was described as cases with difficult or labored breathing, an increased rate of breathing, and decreased blood oxygen levels. Of those cases, not a single person died. Nearly 5% were considered critical. These cases included respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure. About half of the people who developed critical symptoms died.
It did not speak towards the age of the deceased, but we know the overwhelming majority of them are elderly.
And most from the same nursing home, in Kirkland Washington.
According to Johns Hopkins yesterday,
It did not speak towards the age of the deceased, but we know the overwhelming majority of them are elderly.