[koheripbal]

> the number of recoveries exceeded the number of deaths.

China has said the fatality rate is about 2%, and most experts are agreeing it's probably roughly 2% - with all your points factored in. In Wuhan, for example, it's over 4% due to hospital overload.

> All deaths are counted... many coronavirus deaths were likely misclassified.

That's really the same as being not counted in the tally of Coronavirus deaths.

> in countries like Thailand and Mexico...

The common theme here is tropical climate that makes most Coronaviruses less virulent.

This obviously cannot happen in countries like North Korea, which is likely silently enduring a pandemic that they just won't talk about.