contracting virus Fatality rate Share of those infected who dieHere is where coronavirus deaths would rank in the U.S., assuming an overall infection rate of _ and fatality rate of _ over the next year:How Coronavirus Deaths Could Compare With Other Major Killers Cause of death U.S. It’s possible coronavirus deaths will span multiple years. Coronavirus deaths could span multiple years. Because no young children in China were reported to have died from the coronavirus, our estimates assume no deaths among Americans younger than 10. The most detailed estimates of coronavirus fatality rates by age come from China, and public health researchers say they are the best working assumptions.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2020 14:28 UTC