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Watching FOX NEWS just now

Mar 16, 2020 12:17PM PDT

Talking head said approx 1660 cases of Covid 19 NOW
this site says

4138 cases in US

Post was last edited on March 16, 2020 12:18 PM PDT

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And others say to multiply that by 500 to
Mar 16, 2020 2:00PM PDT

Get to the real numbers.

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Knowledge is power.
Mar 16, 2020 3:08PM PDT

They say

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"confirmed" is the keyword
Mar 17, 2020 4:08PM PDT

And as usual, China is still lying about their numbers. Most honest is Italy numbers I think. Easier link to use is, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Deaths:
7,965
Recovered:
81,727
The world numbers of death vs recovered. Shows the death rate among confirmed cases is 9.75%, but there's those who aren't "confirmed" with a light infection and not tested, so that rate may be lower, or we can hope so.