Around 110,000 people worldwide are currently infected with the new corona virus.
100 countries have reported infections. In addition to China, South Korea, Iran and Japan are the worst affected. In Europe it is Italy with more than 7,300 people infected.
So far 140 cases of illness have been confirmed in Austria. For comparison: in the 2019/20 flu season, 245,000 people have contracted influenza or a flu infection to date. 129,000 of them are still working on it.
14 percent This is how experts estimate the risk for people over 80 years of age to die from an infection with SARS-CoV-2. It increases continuously from the age of 50. The average risk of death is 2 percent.
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