Really? SK had a huge number of positive 10-13 days ago, padding their numbers. Those cases are now moving toward "resolving". In just 3 days, their CFR, or "death rate" as you call it, has crept up to 0.9% It will continue to rise, probably settling at 1.2% - 1.5%. We will only be like South Korea if the actions we are taking are effective and people listen to the advice they are getting.
ITALY
Coronavirus: 50 doctors infected in Bergamo province
Doctors’ guild says three dead thus far, effective care at risk
Redazione ANSAROME
12 March 202016:53NEWS
(ANSA) - Rome, March 12 - A total of 50 doctors in the province of Bergamo have become infected with coronavirus as of Thursday, one of whom died in recent days, bringing the overall total of doctors who have died in Italy to three
“follow up based on responses. Many people are saying there’s a huge amount of uncounted mortality due to pneumonia. The @CDCgov tracks this, and we don’t yet see this in the data (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/#S2 ). I expect #COVID19 to start to show up here, but it hasn’t yet”
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1238310251679461377
nd more there. Great account to follow for med info on covid
The confirmed case-to-death rate is totally meaningless since most cases of any flu go unreported.
The live numbers on SKstill have the death rate at around 0.8:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
It makes NO difference whatsoever if the confirmed death rate is 0/7 or 0.9 as the actual number is small fraction of that.