The coronavirus death rate is roughly 3.4%, but that doesn't tell the full story. Here's everything we know so far about how deadly COVID-19 really is.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 4,700 people, but it's hard to measure just how deadly the virus is.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that the coronavirus kills about 3.4% of the people it infects. But that death rate varies between countries and across age groups. It's also likely to change over time.

The death rate is a calculation of the number of known deaths out of the total number of confirmed cases. Because the disease progresses over a period of weeks, however, and because these numbers are constantly changing, the rate is not static and likely to continue evolving. It is not a reflection of the likelihood that any given person will die if infected.

Here's everything we know about the coronavirus death rate.