For the first time, the CDC has attempted to offer a real estimate of the overall death rate for COVID-19 last week, and under its most likely scenario, the number is 0.26%. Officials estimate a 0.4% fatality rate among those who are symptomatic and project a 35% rate of asymptomatic cases among those infected, which drops the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) to just 0.26% — almost exactly where Stanford researchers pegged it a month ago.
Subtract nursing/asst. living/rehab homes and it goes down to .1%