The influenza typically has a case fatality rate of about 0.1%. The coronavirus is approaching 4% fatality.
4%? Well I heard that 83% of statistics are made up right on the spot. Spanish Flu was about 2.5%. The corona Y2K cold is most assuredly NOT 4%.
As of 3/16/2020, 11PM, there were 182,405 cases with 7,154 deaths. 7154 / 182,405 = 0.039, or 3.9%
This is why I said that the fatality rate is approaching 4%. Because it is.
Tracking website at Johns Hopkins:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6