More reporting on that 'ebola' story...reveals the following facts on the patients to put things in context in case that scared anyone.
Coronavirus in numbers
Study of NHS patients
72 — The median age of patients admitted to hospital
80 —The median age of those who died
0.8 per cent of patients were were aged under five and 1.4 per cent were under 18
60 per cent of patients were male. “Those who have poor outcomes are more often elderly, male and obese,” the report says.
88 per cent of those who died had an underlying illness
But 47 per cent of those admitted into hospital had no underlying condition
For patients who received care on a general ward, 55 per cent were discharged alive, 31 per cent died and 14 per cent remained in hospital.
For those admitted to critical care 31 per cent were discharged alive, 45 per cent died and 24 per cent continued to receive care.
61 — median age of those on ventilation. Only 20 per cent had been discharged alive by April 4, 53 per cent have died and 27 per cent are still receiving care. By contrast, for influenza patients ventilated in ICUs in 2009 the death rate was 31per cent
The case definition of cough and fever, if strictly applied, would miss 7 per cent of hospitalised patients
4 per cent of patients presented with only stomach problems or other intestinal symptoms
Pregnancy was not associated with a higher risk of mortality, unlike influenza. The share of pregnant women mirrored the proportion in society.