#Deaths

Prof Shamika Ravi

ShamikaRavi

#DailyUpdate #Covid19India As total confirmed cases rise, the growth rate of active cases is 5.5% - so doubling every 13 days. The CDGR from when first case was reported =

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

The article explaining the calculations is here2/https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab The methods are simple and involve no forecasting of how the Covid-19 pandemic will progress. It is just an updating model - taking

BBC News (UK)

BBCNews

Deaths being reported daily are hospital cases where a person dies with the coronavirus infection in their bodyBut is the virus causing the death?It could be the major cause, a

Jon Rosenthal

Jon_RosenthalTX

THREAD: We are dealing with a global pandemic and right now #FactsMatter. I am a huge wonk and the person who brings data and spreadsheets to a lively discussion. So

Acquiescent Soul

AcquiescentSoul

Cases vs. Deaths vs. Rate (per 1 million):Spain: 1373 / 104 / 7.6%Italy: 1,332 / 135.8 /10.2%France: 442 / 25.3 / 5.7%USA: 263 / 3.99 / 1.5%UK: 222 / 11.5

Jim Edwards

Jim_Edwards

Hello! Here's my daily thread on coronavirus stats globally.Today: - Deaths rising globally.- US: Why are deaths going down when cases are going up?- Chile: Now in top 10.- Common

Virpi Flyg

VirpiFlyg

So I started this thread about COVID-19 in Swedish schools while ago, and many people have found it interesting. Universities and high schools have been closed, but now they're re-opening

Marc Ellison

marceellison

BREAKING: More than 3,000 #coronavirus deaths registered in Scotland according to new data from @NatRecordsScot. Hold my e-hand as I take you into a deep-data dive for @BBCScotlandNews including a

Prof

covidtweets

There is an angle to all of this that I believe is being missed. Lockdown governors probably did not save lives, despite many claiming that they did. They either caused

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Deaths in Santa Clara county, CA are running at 20% above last year: which is TWICE the mortality gap you'd expect from officially confirmed COVID deaths. WE NEED FASTER ALL-CAUSE

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Fundamental, basic, deadly error in Atlas press conference: "The purpose of testing is to stop people from dying, from getting a serious illness." This is SO WRONG. In an epidemic,

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the worldFree to read article with

liz gerard

gameoldgirl

OK, so here's a piece in the Daily Telegraph to cheer us all up. #covid19 is nowhere near as bad as we think....(you know this is going to be a

Balsher Singh Sidhu

balsher_sidhu

#COVID19 why is mortality rate defined as ratio of total deaths to total cases (today: ~50k/1000k globally = 5%)? Shouldn't it be ratio of total deaths to total_deaths_plus_recovered (~50k/250k =

Colin Angus

VictimOfMaths

COVID-19 cases might be rising across much of the UK, but the latest all-cause mortality data (albeit from several weeks ago) still looks very normal for England & Wales, Scotland

Silkie Carlo

silkiecarlo

The authoritarian dream of “control” of the virus, that these punishing measures will “win the war” + “save lives”, is underwritten by a fatal fallacy: that life is something separated