Most of those who have died in China are males who are smokers. Four deaths outside of China: Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Phillipines That is a small number, but it was less than a month ago when the cases reported was all in China around 258 range. Even if Chinese are more likely die from the virus itself, the fact that the drugs used to treat it injure the heart, and that the immune system doesn't help so much in cases of reinfection doesn't bode well for future containment of the virus. jmho One asymptomatic Chinese person attends a conference in the EU, one guy gets it but spreads it around several countries before getting symptoms.  We don't really know how many people have it.