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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Country progress to 9 May in controlling COVID-19 epidemics
I downloaded the latest COVID-19 data for reported deaths and confirmed cases from Johns Hopkins this morning to see whether the data supports the relaxation of social isolation that is starting to happen in many countries. The USA now has … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends
Tagged confirmed case rates, coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic
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COVID-19 projections and reality
On 27th April, I posted some short-run projections of COVID-19 cases and deaths. The plots below show how the daily new cases per million population and deaths per million population compare with reality (at least the confirmed case rates and … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends, Projections
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, IHME, pandemic, Projections
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