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I know there are a lot of numbers going around and we had some discussion here earlier about the fatality rates, so I thought I'd post what appears to be the latest numbers from the CDC's own site that are getting almost no attention for some reason that I'll leave you to interpret:

If you have COVID 19 and show symptoms and are under age 50 their best estimate is .05% fatality rate.
If you have COVID 19 and show symptoms and are age 50-64 their best estimate is .2% fatality rate.
If you have COVID 19 and show symptoms and are over age 64 their best estimate is 1.3% fatality rate.

So if you have COVID 19 and show symptoms, the CDC's best estimate is a .4% fatality rate (i.e. 4 out of 1 thousand).

The CDC also estimates that 35% of those who have COVID 19 don't show symptoms (i.e. asymptomatic). So their best estimate is that if you get COVID 19 (regardless of age or symptoms) your fatality rate from it is .26%

(Two caveats: data appears to be only through April 28 and there's probably some tiny rounding errors given how small the percentages are)

Let me know if I've missed something and I'll gladly correct it.