Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Hope you get better soon! The soar throat might last for a while. When my wife got sick I didn't have any severe symptoms but ended up with a soar throat for nearly a month which is normally gone in a few days when I get a cold.



Weekly update. The numbers are going to be distorted for a couple weeks with drops and surges. Lower reporting has already had an impact making it hard to tell what is from the recent lock downs and what from less testing / reporting during the holidays. I'm guessing the numbers won't be stable until 2nd week into Januari.

The total number of infections passed 80 million last week. 4.20 million new cases were reported (down from 4.57 million) affected by lower reporting. Last week another 76,652 deaths were reported (down from 79,906) also affected by lower reporting. Total now stands at 1,756,947

USA has a big Christmas drop, Europe a bit smaller drop.

The continents

Europe reported 1.48 million new cases last week (same as last week) and 31,356 more deaths (down from 34,788) slightly affected by under reporting
North America also reported 1.48 million new cases last week (down from 1.75 million) and 23,453 more deaths (down from 23,727) affected by lower reporting
Asia reported 619K new cases last week (down from 723K) and 9,916 more deaths (down from 10,134) following the same trend as last week
South America reported 468K new cases last week (down from 488K) and 8,216 more deaths (down from 8,633) affected by lower reporting
Africa reported 155K new cases last week (up from 125K) and 3,645 more deaths (up from 2,672)
Oceania reported 586 new cases last week (down from 709) and 6 deaths

Corners of the world

USA reported 1.32 million new cases (down from 1.59 million) and 17,418 more deaths (down from 18,095) both affected by lower reporting
Brazil reported 285K new cases (down from 328K) and 4,828 more deaths (down from 5,234) both likely affected by lower reporting
India reported 165K new cases (down from 177K) and 2,208 more deaths (down from 2,509) continuing the same trend as before
South Africa reported 81.8K new cases (up from 56.4K) and 1,991 more deaths (up from 1,333) rising sharply
Iran reported 43.5K new cases (down from 53.2K) and 1,167 more deaths (down from 1,546)

Canada reported 39.9K new cases (down from 46.5K) and 679 deaths (789 last week), however yesterday only New Brunswick reported, 1 case.
Japan reported 19.8K new cases (up from 18.6K) and 322 deaths (281 last week)
South Korea reported 7.25K new cases (up from 6.73K) and 128 deaths (73 last week)
Australia had a slight uptick but is already going down again, 179 cases last week, no deaths

Europe in detail

It's hard to tell now where lock downs have taken effect due to holiday testing / reporting. Germany is dropping a bit faster than expected, probably under reporting but they're also in lock down. The UK slowed down a bit at the end of the week yet firmly takes the top spot.

We'll probably see some alarming numbers next week which will just be counts catching up to previous trends. Any effect from Christmas gatherings will come later.