The journalist class is largely innumerate. They prove this regularly.
7 dead out of 1600 infected with COVID-19 would be 0.44% by me.
7/1600 = 0.004375
But more importantly, I searched “girls from iceland” and it breaks my heart to be old, https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=girls+from+iceland&FORM=HDRSC2