THIS DANGER IN PERSPECTIVE

NSW is the state hardest hit by the coronavirus. Chance so far of having died in NSW from the virus: 1/754,400. Chance so far of having caught the virus: 1/3457. Chance so far of having caught the virus in Australia: 1/9100. Chance so far of having died if you caught the virus: 1/218. Chance so far of having died in NSW if you are under 70: zero.

Andrew Bolt

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April 2, 2020 - 7:56AM

NSW is the state hardest hit by the coronavirus. Here's what its statistics so far show (with the death toll now at 10).

Chance so far of having died in NSW from the virus: 1/754,400.

Chance so far of having caught the virus: 1/3457.

Chance so far of having caught the virus in Australia: 1/9100.

Chance so far of having died if you caught the virus: 1/218.

Chance so far of having died in NSW if you are under 70: zero.

Note: younger people can die of the coronavirus, although the youngest in Australia so far is 68.

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