Only a very small percentage of people have been infected, so far as we can tell. It seems like it will be nearly impossible for anyone not to be exposed in the next 18 months. If the mortality rate is 1.0%, then it is just a matter of time before that percentage gets orders of magnitude larger.
Also, many of those infected were in the last week, and haven't had a chance to die yet.
I wish we could stop it at 0.38% or whatever, but we can't.