The problem is that you bought into the media hype. No one ever said that the virus was a hoax. What was said is that the media hype of the virus was the hoax. We all hope that it passes quickly with a minimum amount of casualties.
Someone else that gets it.
The deaths per case is caulated by dividing cases by deaths.
It the number of cases increases with deaths staying the same the 1 in N gets smaller.
The N increases.
2,000 deaths with 50,000 cases is 1 in 25.
2,000 deaths with 70,000 cases is 1 in 35.
No one else died.
Just the number of cases increased.
This is likely th4 kind of situation we are in.
'1 in 30' is more lethal than '1 in 36.'
That is a rather small change though.
It may not be statistically significant depend on the number of deaths and cases.
The USA is running in the 1 in 70 range for Wuhan Flu.
NY matches this.
Detroit is markedly worse at around 1 in 20.
The 'regular annual flu' has been around 1 in 36 for many years.