Overall, the United States is now leading for total number of cases with 104,671 ill people. Do the American hospitals have enough test kits? We don’t know. So, probably the US numbers should be much higher. Italy has sufficient test kits and they have also overtaken China for total number of Coronavirus cases with 86,498.
It is astounding that this terrible scourge has spread so far. We all watched it ravage China online and in the news. If you live in China, you experienced it. It spread so fast in the Middle Kingdom, who didn’t think “Our governments won’t let it spread to here.”
And here we are today. Growing fast in so many areas.
What will happen next?
No one knows. Let’s review the data as it comes in day by day.
Where do we start our review? So far, Wikipedia is the best starting point. Many sources of data. Many of them out of date. Wikipedia may not be the most up to date. Someone has the find the data and type it into Wikipedia, after all. However, many of the automated websites don’t seem to have the latest data. Many of the government websites are not being updated quickly. Folks in government health offices: we need accurate, timely data. The whole world is relying on that data and making decisions for there own futures based on it.
Countries to watch
COVID-19 hit South Korea early on and it responded well. It appeared that they had the virus under control. As indicated previously, perhaps not.
Italy has struggled with devastating results. The virus has wreaked havoc. Today’s data shows that is may be leveling off finally. Let’s hope so.
In the United States the data looks very unclear. Dramatic growth cases and lack of testing may mean the numbers are greatly understated. FivethirtyEight is summarizing a weekly poll of experts who believe the numbers are understated.
Best of health to you and your family. Let’s stay safe one day at a time.