Table 1: Health threat from past and present coronavirus outbreaks.

SARS-CoV [1, 5] MERS-CoV [1] Covid-19 [2]
14 Feb 2020 15 Feb 2020 16 Feb 2020 17 Feb 2020 18 Feb 2020
Outbreak 2002/2003 2012 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
Origin South China Saudi Arabia Central China Central China Central China Central China Central China
Countrs. Affected 37 27 26 27 27 27 27
Infected 8,000+ 2,495 64,460 67,091 69,267 71,710 73,335
Deaths 747 858 1,526 1.526 1,670 1,775 1,873
Crude Mortality ~10% ~35% ~2.4% ~2.3% ~2.4% ~2.5% ~2.6%