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Today's country-by-country coronavirus stats: Good news for the US but grim numbers for the UK and Russia
Today's country-by-country coronavirus stats: Good news for the US but grim numbers for the UK and Russia
Jim EdwardsApr 22, 2020, 16:04 IST
Nurses display support for the National Nurses United and California Nurses Association's demand for personal protective equipment for healthcare workers across the state at UCLA Medical Center Santa Monicon April 13, 2020 in California. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images
APRIL 22: Here is our daily look at coronavirus statistics on a country-by-country basis for the last 24 hours.
Summary: Good news for the US and much of Western Europe, as case numbers continue to decline. Spain, Italy, Germany and now France are all making good progress.
The UK is still struggling to get a grip on the disease, however. Actual UK deaths may be as high as twice the daily reported number, according to the Office for National Statistics and the Financial Times.
In Russia, the numbers remain unambiguously bad.
Sweden's relaxed approach to the disease continues to be a failure.
How much is this all costing? Deutsche Bank published this chart of historic bailout funding. Coronavirus makes 2008 look like a blip.
Deutsche Bank
Here is the grid for the most-affected countries.
Worldometers
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Russia: More tough news from Russia. None of the main metrics (new cases, daily deaths, active cases) look good.
Worldometers
Turkey: Daily new cases have plateaued. First piece of good news from Turkey in a while.
Worldometers
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Sweden's relaxed approach to the lockdown continues to result in new cases and new deaths.
Pantheon Macroeconomics
UK hospital admissions are slowly declining.
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The true number of deaths in the UK may be about twice the daily reported rate.
This chart from the Office for National Statistics compares death totals based on different counting methods.
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The UK: In a holding pattern. New cases aren't growing. Deaths aren't declining (or not declining fast). The active cases curve is still rising. The only positive interpretation of all this is that testing has ramped up slowly in Britain and is still increasing, so continued rises in new cases may be a product of that.
Worldometers
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Germany: The speed with which Germany has got this under control is impressive. Active cases didn't even break 100,000 before declining. Well done!
Worldometers
France: I have complained before about France's lumpy data but the active-cases curve tells the whole story — France is dealing with this.
Worldometers
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Italy: New cases continue their decline. Look at this active-cases curve, flattening out nicely.
Worldometers
Spain: New cases popped up from a low the day before (probably a reporting catchup issue). Overall, Spain continues to make progress — the active-cases curve is wobbling toward flat.
Worldometers
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Hospital admissions in New York City continue to decline.
Pantheon Macroeconomics
Pantheon says yesterday's US stats are probably an outlier to the trend. This chart shows a big jump in new cases (from Johns Hopkins) but looks like a reporting anomaly compared to the state-by-state totals from the CovidTracking Project.
Pantheon Macroeconomics
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The US: New cases continue to decline despite a record high of 2,804 deaths yesterday. (Deaths are a lagging indicator.) It looks like the US is past the peak and making good progress.