rekees4300
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That's not how that works. recovered over dead would be a better measure of death rate. you can't count people who are active, you don't know if they will be in the dead or recovered column.
3% number is in error from failing to set-up the problem correctly. Of those infections that had a result (lived or died), 91% lived and 9% died. Therefore there is currently a 9% survival rate.
I see your points. The 9% reported by that website is what has happened rather than what may happen. The media reported a 2% death rate when the virus became news in January but apparently they were basing that on the total cases rather than closed cases?