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Graphs day 77, pandemic day 83, day 154 since the first cases were diagnosed. If you haven’t seen my other post today, check it out now, funk soul brother.

The good news is that nearly all governors have said “lol wtf no” to Trump’s plan to deploy the U.S. military against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, so at least for another day we avoid American Tiananmen. The Grass Mud Horse lives to make bad jokes another day.

The bad news is that the continuing nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd have created the perfect environment for COVID-19 to spread. If there’s a spike in cases in the U.S. from Memorial Day weekend, we should start seeing it right about now. If there’s a spike from the recent protests, we should start to see it by the end of next week. If there is not a spike, I think that’s an excellent sign that the first peak of the epidemic in the U.S. is passing.

Also of note is that Chile has now passed the United States for first place in the Big Ten of cases. The United Kingdom is still in first place for deaths.

Total cases of COVID-19 diagnosed worldwide: 6,245,352

Total deaths: 376,427

Cases per million people by country

Deaths per million people by country

Please try it yourself! You can get the data that I used to make these graphs from the European Centers for Disease Control’s Coronavirus Source Data; choose “all four metrics.” You are welcome to use my Excel template (version 3.3). I’d love to see what you can build with it, and I’m happy to help you figure it out!

Update tomorrow, and every day after that until this pandemic comes to an end, unless the U.S. government comes for me first.

Coming Thursday: a post from a Very Special Guest!

From yesterday’s peaceful protest in Washington, DC, but with music.

The President of the United States is deploying the U.S. military to crush protests by unarmed American civilians.

Suddenly, COVID-19 doesn’t seem so important – but people are still dying. It’s now graphs day 76, pandemic day 82, day 153 since the first cases were diagnosed.

Total cases of COVID-19 diagnosed worldwide: 6,136,085

Total deaths: 371,857

Today’s cases and deaths per country are presented as usual on maps, and in graphs using the new Big Ten Countries: The United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Peru, and Belarus. Today is an even-numbered day, so we’ll look at the progress of the pandemic day by day since February.

Cases per million people by country

Deaths per million people by country

Please try it yourself! You can get the data that I used to make these graphs from the European Centers for Disease Control’s Coronavirus Source Data; choose “all four metrics.” You are welcome to use my Excel template (version 3.3). I’d love to see what you can build with it, and I’m happy to help you figure it out!

Update tomorrow, and every day after that until this pandemic comes to an end, unless the U.S. government comes for me first. In which case, I give this blog to my good friend, the Grass Mud Horse.

Graphs day 75, pandemic day 81, day 152 since the first cases were diagnosed. We have hit six million cases worldwide, a full five days before I predicted. I hate being right.

Total cases of COVID-19 diagnosed worldwide: 6,028,135

Total deaths: 368,944

The good news is that my predictions of deaths are still behind schedule. I might issue a new set of predictions soon. If I do, I’ll let you know. Here’s the graph of worldwide cases so you can follow along.

Today’s cases and deaths per country are presented as usual on maps, and in graphs using the new Big Ten Countries: The United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Peru, and Belarus. Today is an odd-numbered day, so we’ll look at the progress of the pandemic day by day since February.

Cases per million people by country

Deaths per million people by country

Please try it yourself! You can get the data that I used to make these graphs from the European Centers for Disease Control’s Coronavirus Source Data; choose “all four metrics.” You are welcome to use my Excel template (version 3.3). I’d love to see what you can build with it, and I’m happy to help you figure it out!

Update tomorrow, and every day after that until this pandemic comes to an end.

With so much other news, it’s easy to forget that today is graphs day 74, pandemic day 80, day 151 since the first cases were diagnosed. I’ve got plenty to say about the murder of George Floyd and the urban vandalism that followed, and I’ll say some of it on my regular Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.

Total cases of COVID-19 diagnosed worldwide: 5,899,866

Total deaths: 364,891

Two weeks ago, I had predicted that we would hit 400,000 deaths on Monday June 1st, and six million cases next Thursday, June 4th. It looks like the predictions will be behind schedule on the former and ahead of schedule on the latter. We could hit six million as early as tomorrow.

Today’s cases and deaths per country are presented as usual on maps, and in graphs using the new Big Ten Countries: The United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Peru, and Belarus. Today is an even-numbered day, so we’ll look at the progress of the epidemic on equal scales in each country.

Cases per million people by country

Deaths per million people by country

If you want to try any of this analysis for yourself, you can get the data that I used to make these graphs from the European Centers for Disease Control’s Coronavirus Source Data; choose “all four metrics.” You are welcome to use my Excel template (version 3.3). I’d love to see what you can build with it, and I’m happy to help you figure it out!

Update tomorrow, and every day after that until this pandemic comes to an end.