📊 Daily Data Brief: 102,242 cases New Cases outside China: 3,526 (+565) New Cases in China: 99 Total Death: 3,408 (+121) Serious or Critical Cases: 6,153 (-119) (6.0%) Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ The surge in the coronavirus spread is happening around the world. Italy has over 4,000 cases and is approaching 200 deaths. Iran has added over 1,000 cases yesterday. Germany (670) is now the second largest country in Europe after France (653) in number of cases. UK has added the most cases in a day from a still very low base. Community spreading is known to be happening in the US, but reported cases remain low because of the country's growing fiasco over developing its testing kit. And now the critical question in fighting this epidemic has moved to hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) capacity. The strategy is clear for all: flatten the epidemic curve (slow the increase in cases) so as not to overwhelm the healthcare capacity of the region / country. In parallel testing remains vital to better control the spread of the virus through surveillance testing. The US inability thus far to increase their capacity is increasingly worrying. Citizens should feel more reassured than panicked, when official bodies cancel events (like Austin for the big tech festival SXSW in mid MMarch), or close school. We should all accept now that the economic cost will be considerable and inevitable, but that the earlier we take the right decisive actions the lower the loss of life and GDP loss we will suffer.
🦠Covid-19 - 06/03/20 Flatten surge, increase capacity | 🤕 102,242 | Deaths 3,497
🦠Covid-19 - 06/03/20 Flatten surge, increase…
🦠Covid-19 - 06/03/20 Flatten surge, increase capacity | 🤕 102,242 | Deaths 3,497
📊 Daily Data Brief: 102,242 cases New Cases outside China: 3,526 (+565) New Cases in China: 99 Total Death: 3,408 (+121) Serious or Critical Cases: 6,153 (-119) (6.0%) Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ The surge in the coronavirus spread is happening around the world. Italy has over 4,000 cases and is approaching 200 deaths. Iran has added over 1,000 cases yesterday. Germany (670) is now the second largest country in Europe after France (653) in number of cases. UK has added the most cases in a day from a still very low base. Community spreading is known to be happening in the US, but reported cases remain low because of the country's growing fiasco over developing its testing kit. And now the critical question in fighting this epidemic has moved to hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) capacity. The strategy is clear for all: flatten the epidemic curve (slow the increase in cases) so as not to overwhelm the healthcare capacity of the region / country. In parallel testing remains vital to better control the spread of the virus through surveillance testing. The US inability thus far to increase their capacity is increasingly worrying. Citizens should feel more reassured than panicked, when official bodies cancel events (like Austin for the big tech festival SXSW in mid MMarch), or close school. We should all accept now that the economic cost will be considerable and inevitable, but that the earlier we take the right decisive actions the lower the loss of life and GDP loss we will suffer.