I've pretty much forgot about COVID-19. Today I thought it might be interesting to see how lethal it was since it's been out for some time now:
6,344,239 people have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of June 22, 2022, 17:21 GMT. Coronavirus Death Toll and Trends - Worldometer
There are 7.753 billion people in the world as of 2020.
So the death toll is about 1 in 1,000.
But an interesting fact is that the Spanish Flu claimed as high as 100 million in a world of 1.8 billion people at the time: Spanish flu - Wikipedia
Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it the second deadliest pandemic in human history after the Black Death bubonic plague of 1346–1353
So the Spanish flu killed 1 in 20 people.
Looks like the COVID-19 wasn't nearly as deadly as the Spanish flu.
6,344,239 people have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of June 22, 2022, 17:21 GMT. Coronavirus Death Toll and Trends - Worldometer
There are 7.753 billion people in the world as of 2020.
So the death toll is about 1 in 1,000.
But an interesting fact is that the Spanish Flu claimed as high as 100 million in a world of 1.8 billion people at the time: Spanish flu - Wikipedia
Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it the second deadliest pandemic in human history after the Black Death bubonic plague of 1346–1353
So the Spanish flu killed 1 in 20 people.
Looks like the COVID-19 wasn't nearly as deadly as the Spanish flu.
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