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China: Covid-19 Not as Deadly as Other Coronaviruses

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - China has published new data on more than 44,000
   confirmed cases of Covid-19, which show the disease is not as deadly as
   previous coronaviruses including SARS and MERS. The World Health
   Organization reports more than 70,000 cases, including 1,772 deaths,
   mostly from China's Hubei province, where the outbreak first surfaced.
   Cases in 25 countries outside China have increased slightly to 694,
   including three deaths, one each in the Philippines, Japan and France.

   The data appear to show a decline in the number of new cases of
   coronavirus. But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this should
   be interpreted with great caution because trends can change as new
   populations are affected.

   More than 94 percent of all reported cases in China come from Hubei
   province. The new cases reported are both clinically and lab-confirmed
   cases. Tedros said it is too early to tell if the disease is slowing
   down.

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