BY THE NUMBERS for the U.S., Via the CDC:
2019 Flu – 22,000 Dead and 36 Million Infected …
2019-20 Coronavirus – 50 Dead and 2,340 Infected-[these numbers are from March 4th-but still this virus doesn’t compare]
UPDATE-The numbers presented are the latest numbers from the CDCand the World Coronavirus Map

The latest numbers continue to indicate that the coronavirus is not much different than the common flu.
The truth is in the numbers.
As more data is known about the coronavirus, the numbers don’t looks as scary.
Here are the numbers as reportedon March 14, 2020: