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Old 04-19-2020, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Sail41 View Post
We always hear and read about the number of those affected with the virus, but nowhere do we hear about the number of people who have been cured or those released from the hospitals. I think if they counted those cured or no longer affected, the numbers would be far less. But, that doesn't scare people and sell papers or tv.
They are counted. The following numbers are taken from the WHO at Worldometers.info.

Current US cases: 740,928
Of those 107,683 have had an outcome
Recovered: 68,599
Died: 39,084

The global numbers are similar in percentages.