In the US, the hospitalization rate, according to the CDC figures from the Wahshington Post, was 9 out of 141 confirmed cases---BUT keep in mind that, if hospitalization occurs on average on, say, the 5th to 7th day
of illness (which may or may not be the median
for this
flu, and probably no one knows yet), the 9/141 figure misleads, and one would have to get a ratio of 9 to the number of confirmed cases up to 5-7 days ago----not too hard to do if one checks the news reports from those dates,