COVID-19 – Isn’t it Just Another Seasonal Flu??

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Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health.  These stats were published by Blaze TV.

COVID-19 vs Flu

	Common Seasonal Flu*	COVID-19
Case Fatality Rate	0.1%	2.30%*
·        Serious Complication Rate (Pneumonia/Hospitalization)	0.9%	18%
Requiring ICU Rate (SARS/Septic Shock/Organ Failure)	0.25%	5%
R0 (R-Naught)/Rate of Infection	1.3	4.7
Spreads via Droplets	Yes	Yes
Spreads via Aerosols	Yes	Yes
Time Virus Survives on Surfaces	4-5 hours	5-9 Days
Incubation Period	2-3 Days	5-14 Days
Spreads During Incubation Period	No	Yes
Spreads Asymptomatically	No	Yes
Natural Herd Immunity	Yes	No
Vaccines/Antiviral Drugs Available	Yes	No
Fecal-Oral Transmission	No	Yes
Reinfection Risk	No	Yes
	1,000,000	1,000,000
Projections Based on Current Data	Seasonal Flu	COVID-19
Hospitalizations per 1 Million Infections	9,000	180,000
ICUs per 1 Million Infections	2,500	50,000
Fatalities per 1 Million Infections	1,000	23,000

*WHO is publishing 3.4% fatality rate

To demonstrate the rate of transmission, compare statistics gathered on February 28, to those published on March 9.

• Total Confirmed Cases 89,842 (up 5,964 from 83,878 on Friday Feb 28th)
• Total Confirmed Dead 3,069 (up 255 from 2,814 on Friday)
• 70 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up by 10 from 57 Confirmed on Friday - That is more than 1/3 of the countries on earth
• 18% of Active Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization) including 5% that Require ICU treatment
• US has 88 Confirmed Cases, and now 2 Deaths (both Washington State)
• CDC Website now showing 472 Total US Citizens Have Been Tested, up from 445 last Friday, Feb 28th
• 54 Labs Now Have Testing Capabilities & CDC has certified 12 regional hospitals to perform their own direct testing as of this week

Daily Stats as of Monday, March 9, 5:30 AM CT (from John's Hopkins)

• Total Confirmed Cases Worldwide: 110,617 (up from 100,242 Friday)
• Total Confirmed Deaths Worldwide: 3,831 (up from 3,408 Friday)
• 62,397 Patients Have Recovered from COVID-19 Worldwide
• 109 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up from 94 Friday) 4 more have Suspected Cases
• 13% of Confirmed Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization, down from 16% Friday), with 4% requiring ICU
• US has 554 Confirmed Cases, and now 22 Deaths
• Confirmed Cases in the 27 US States, with 6 More Tracking Suspected cases