"So far the death rate appears to be between 1 and 2 percent, which is higher than for the flu"
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410402/coronavirus-what-is-covid-19-and-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-outbreak
... but only because flu has been around a long time and multiple exposures has built our immune response to it. The death rate for #Corvid19 seems to be much lower than #SARS or #MERS.