Assuming the number of people who have reportedly died from COVID-19 is reasonably accurate, then the percentage of infected people who die from the disease (the death rate) must surely have been much lower than the 2–3% estimates commonly reported. That is because the number of infected people is much larger than the number tested and reported.

The Misleading Arithmetic of COVID-19 Death Rates.

Is it contagious? Yes. Will it kill you? Not unless you live in China or Iran. Even the Italians are finally catching up.

Basically you have 1.5 – 2 chances in 100 to die from Lousy Beer Virus which is almost about the same of dying in  a car accident or an overdose of opioids.