It's definitely much, much higher. Also, the incubation period is about 14 days, we will truly see how bad it has gotten in another 7-10 days. There are claims on Wechat stating anywhere from 10,000 to 90,000 dead already. Families are claiming that their loved ones who have died are being immediately cremated and not tested to see if it was the virus that killed them or not.
I live less than 1,000km from Wuhan. We were supposed to go to Shanghai on Tuesday for 2 nights (my parents are arriving from Canada Tuesday afternoon). We just canceled that trip and instead put my parents on a plane here from Shanghai instead. To say the least, we are worried. At first the worry was only for my parents and daughter, as it was only extremely dangerous in the elderly with preexisting medical conditions (my dad is a type 2 diabetic, my mom has asthma and hypertension). But with the confirmation of a 36 year old in perfect health being killed by the virus it is safe to say we are a fair bit more worried now. We've left the house twice in 6 days. We likely won't leave it again until we go to pick my parents up at the airport. They'll be here for a month. We have to wait and see what happens over the next week or so to see if we can actually do anything with them while they are here. I also expect if things don't improve that schools will not reopen right away either.
