[metmom]

The ratio of dead to recovered is NOT encouraging.

[9YearLurker]

Taking this reported rate of 500/day in NYC with its population of 8 million and projecting it out to a country of 330 million would equate to something like 20,000 a day. Extending that at a steady rate would equal 600,000 in a month nationwide.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/nyc-sees-a-coronavirus-death-every-2-9-minutes-in-horrific-six-hour-stretch/