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The case fatality rate is in the tens of times higher for the novel coronavirus, when compared with common seasonal influenza.

What, where is the source for that? I've read "2x" and "3x" but never "tens of times".

The current figure provided by the WHO is 3.4%, typical figures for seasonal influenza being about 0.1.

3.4 / 0.1 = 34.