Coronavirus Outbreak: All the Secrets Revealed About the Covid-19 Pandemic. A complete Rational Guide of its Evolution, Expansion, Symptoms and First Defense

Number of Infections
Globally more than 7,700 people have been infected since the first confirmed
Wuhan corona virus case in December. For contrast, between November
2002 and July 2003, there were 8,098 confirmed cases of SARS. It took
fewer than two months to get infected over a span of nine months, about 75
percent of the number diagnosed with SARS.
In China, the number of confirmed Wuhan corona virus cases has already
surpassed that of SARS infected in 2002 and 2003. Since the outbreak of
China's SARS 17 years ago a lot has changed. But there are certain issues that
have not. To date, at least 7,711 cases have been reported in mainland China,
compared with 5,327 confirmed cases of SARS on 16 August 2003, the last
time the Chinese Ministry of Health reported these results.
Chinese local and international travel has risen intensely since 2003, which
may help spread the disease more rapidly. The number of outbound visitors
rose from 16.6 million trips in 2003 to 149.7 million in 2018, according to
Chinese government estimates. It's worth noting that this outbreak occurred
in China at the worst time of the year— Lunar New Year— when millions
travel home to see their families. As of January 27, there were still 4,096
Wuhan tourists overseas according to Wuhan's Culture and Tourism office.
Number of Deaths

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Amount of Deaths 774 people died during the 2003 SARS epidemic. In
mainland China, and in Hong Kong, the vast majority of the deaths occurred.
This time, the virus has infected 170 people— and so far, they were all in
mainland China. Nonetheless, when assessing deaths, the best thing to look at
is the case fatality rate— the indicator of what percentage of infected people
end up dying. The case-fatality rate for Wuhan virus is currently about 2
percent— significantly lowers than the mortality rate of 9.6 percent for
SARS. It is also lower than Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) —
another form of corona virus— which has a 35% case fatality rate.
But that estimate is only as good as the reported numbers. Some experts are
worried that they may not have an accurate picture of the number infected in
China, as test kits have been in short supply.