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by randallsquared 2294 days ago
...and there are 3500 recorded deaths so far from COVID-19, so we've very likely already exceeded this estimate as of March 7, 2020.
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Please don't mix national and worldwide numbers: WHO estimates 1,350,000 traffic related death worldwide [1]. That said, every single loss of life is a tragedy by itself.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

I think dnautics was just talking about the US, so there are only 19 deaths so far.