Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[IcaroRibeiro]

SvennoJ said:

Odd balance atm.

Reported cases in the world are on a slight decline, -3.0 % compared to last week.

Only Europe (and Australia) is really growing, +18.4 %
North America -16.7%, Asia +3.9%, South America +3.1%, Africa -19.1%.

North America is mostly the USA with questionable numbers and now less testing in bad areas due to the storm. Canada also had a 3 day weekend with less testing. For Asia, India might be hitting a testing cap or started to decline, same for Africa, led by South Africa. Both India and South Africa still have deaths going up though. South America is led by Brazil which is getting bigger and bigger variations in reported numbers.

It seems testing fatigue is getting worse, data is getting more and more variable with more gaps, delayed reporting and backwards revisions.

Anyway the top 3 all have suspect or incomplete data :/

Maybe it's time for Europe to close some places again, numbers in Spain are looking close to March