This may be the saddest news I have ever had to impart. Take your Vitamin D! How many will die of Coronavirus? It may be 3 out of every 10 people. 98 million will die (approximately) in the first wave, or 1 1/2 to to years from now. In the next 8 to 8 1/2 years after that, 4.25 to 18.75 million may die (depending on a number of factors.)