By mid-February , more than 71,000 COVID-19 cases had been confirmed globally .
They estimated a mean infection fatality ratio ( the mortality among infected ) ranging from 0.8 % when including asymptomatic carriers to 18 % when including only symptomatic cases from Hubei province..As of February 17 , 2020 , 8:30 EST , there were 71,811 confirmed cases , with 1,775 dead and 11,369 recovered .
Coronavirus disease 2019