 The infection fatality rate (IFR) is 1.88 \% and the predicted number of casualties is approximately 249000 deaths at the end of the epidemic.
<meaning-changed>  The infection fatality rate (IFR) is 1.88 \% and the predicted number of casualties is approximately 249000 deaths at the end of the epidemic.
 The infection fatality rate (IFR) is 1.88 \% and the predicted number of casualties is 173000 deaths with 9 million people infected at the end of the epidemic.