Globally there are 274,707 cases with 11,387 deaths. That's a 4.1% mortality rate.
Italy is the outlier with 47,021 cases and 4,032 deaths. That's an 8.6% mortality rate.
Removing Italy from the stats and we have 227,686 cases with 7,355 deaths. That's a 3.2% mortality rate.
China's mortality rate is 3.9%.
Iran is 7.3%.
Spain is 5.1%.
France is 3.6%.
Statically, Italy is a huge outlier, and we should not judge this outbreak based on what they are dealing with.
However, if the data holds for hypertension and blood-pressure have the most significant effect on that country's mortality rate. Cali and NY are going to be exceptions, and the South could quickly become the epicenter.
Lousiana, Georgia, and Florida already have a mortality rate of over 2%.