Actually it's 6 out of 705. [0][1] May seem like a small difference, but a 0.8% chance of dying is 8x more than the flu.
Never mind the fact that the data out of China, Italy, Japan and Iran is all trending around the 2-3% CFR calculated and published in multiple peer reviewed journals. [2][3]
(However, South Korea might be reason for hope.)
>or been very old
It bothers me immensely when people mention it's "just old people". I'm not sure why I should "chill" about my parents having an 8% chance of dying if they contract this. [3]
[0] https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus...
[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
[2] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130
[3] http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9...