A bout Coronavirus and the Flu Almost 40,000 people die from the flu each year from 40 million infections. A death rate of 0.1%. The infection rate is approximately 1.3. 3 people will infect 4 additional people. I have seen the infection rate for NoCV as high as 4 but it is certainly higher than 2. The death rate is between 2 and 3%. 40 million infections may kill about 1 million people. It is more contagious, kills a higher % of people and has no vaccine yet. Want to watch what is going on, have a look here. I note mainstream media has slowed down in reporting cases. Nothing to see here. Now over 20,000. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/