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Well, it was not my intention for this to become a coronavirus blog….but hard to ignore and it is affecting our lives. The number of cases around the world have expanded noticeably since my blog post two days ago. There are now more reported cases outside of China than inside China.

China continues to report very few new cases. For the last five days they have consistently reported 80.9K to 81K cases. So it is only growing by a couple of dozen cases a day. Friday it was 80,945, Saturday it was 80,976, and as of Sunday night it was 81,020. This is 75 cases in the last three days or 25 cases a day. Right now, the there are more new reported cases in South Korea than there are in China. Does this mean that they can return to a more normal life in a couple of weeks?

 

Country……….Cases……Deaths……Rate

World Wide……169,387….6,513…..…3.85%

China.……………81,020….3,213…..…3.97%

Italy………………24,747….1,809…..….7.31%

Iran………….…..13,938……..724…..….5.19%

S. Korea…….……8,162………75…..….0.92%

Spain……….….…7,844..……292………3.72%

Germany…….……5,813………13…..….0.22%

France………….…5,437….…127…..….2.34%

United States…….3,774………69…..….1.83%

Switzerland………2,200….…..14…..….0.64%

Denmark..……….1,739…………2…..….0.12%

United Kingdom…1,395……….35………2.51%

Norway……….….1,256..………3………0.24%

Netherlands.….…1,136.…..….20.….….1.76%

Sweden…..………1,032……..…3….…..0.29%

 

Fourteen countries around the world with over a thousand cases. Below is a list of some of the rest. They are mostly European. Not sure how much more extensive testing influences these figures.

 

Country……..…Cases……Deaths……Rate

Belgium….…….….886…………4…..…..0.45%

Austria……………..860..…..……1……….0.12%

Japan………………839..…….…22.………2.62%

Malaysia….…..……428…………0……….0%

Qatar..………….….401..……..…0…..…..0%

Canada……..……..339…………1…..…..0.29%

Greece..….….…….331……….…4…..…..1.21%

Australia……………297..….….…3…..…..1.01%

Czech Rep……..…293…….……0…..…..0%

Israel…….…….…..251………….0…..…..0%

Portugal.…..….……245…..…..…0……….0%

Finland….…..……..244……….…0…..…..0%

Singapore…..……..226……….…0…..…..0%

Slovenia….………..219…..…..…1…..…..0.46%

Bahrain………….…214……….…0…..…..0%

Brazil……………….200…..………0……….0%

Iceland……………..180…..………0……….0%

Estonia…..…………171…….……0………..0%

Hong Kong…………149……..……4………2.11%

Philippines…….…..140………….12…..…..8.57%

Romania……………139…….……0…..…..0%

Ireland………………129………..…2.…..….1.55%

Egypt………….……126…….……2……….1.59%

Poland………………125…….……3……….2.40%

Iraq…..……….……..124..…….…10……….8.06%

Saudi Arabia……….118……………0………0%

Indonesia….………..117………..…5……….4.27%

Thailand.…..……….114………..…1……….0.88%

India…….….…..……113………..…2.………1.77%

Kuwait……….……….112..…………0….…….0%

San Marino….………109……………7………..6.42%

Lebanon………….…..99..……….…3………..3.03%

UAE…………….……..98………..…0………..0%

 

A few other entities of interest to this author that have less than 98 cases so far:

 

Russia…….…………..63…..….……0…..……..0%

Taiwan………..…..….59…..……..…1….……..1.69%

Vietnam….……..….…56…..….……0…….…..0%

Pakistan………………53…..….……0…..……..0%

Mexico…….….……….43……………0…..……..0%

Palestine…..…….……26?…………..0…..……..0%

Azerbaijan..….…….…23……….……1…..……..4.35%

Afghanistan….…….…16……….……0…..……..0%

New Zealand…………..8………….…0………….0%

Ukraine…………….……3..….…….…1………….33.33%

North Korea..……..…..0…..….….…0……….…..0%

Syria……….……….…..0…..….….…0………..…..0%

Diamond Princess..…696……..…….7…………..1.01%

 

Part of my concern is the spread of the disease across the Middle East and Central Asia. There are a number of countries in the region still at war, including Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. How does one contain a virus in a country at war? Do they then serve as a vector for the rest of the countries in the region?

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 3/15/20 as of 11:33.33 PM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

 

A few more observations:

1. It does appear that the mortality rate is around or below 1% if: 1) there is good health care and 2) there is good reporting. That appears to be borne out by the reporting from South Korea and the more contained environment of the cruise ships.
   1. The S. Korean mortality rate has continued to increase over the last few days and is nearing 1%
   2. Most other countries with a reported rate of less than 1% I suspect have just recently gotten a number of new cases and these figures will be unfortunately changing over time (for example Germany).
2. If mortality really is around 1% or less, then it appears there are already over 180,000 in cases Italy and over 70,000 cases in Iran.
3. San Marino has a population of 33,562. With 109 cases, this makes it the “most infected” country in the world with 0.32% infected.
   1. The Holy See (Vatican City) is second with 1 case in around 1,000 people (0.10%)
   2. Italy with 60,317,546 people and 24,747 cases is third (0.04%)
      1. If they really have over 180,000 cases then we are looking at around 0.3%, a figure similar to San Marino (which makes sense).
   3. Iran is now fourth with population of 83,183,741 and 13,938 cases. This is 0.017% infected. If they have over 70,000 cases then this is 0.084% infected.
   4. South Korea with 51,709,098 people and 8,162 cases is now fifth (0.016%)
4. I still suspect 44 U.S. passengers from the Diamond Princess are being double counted in CSSE database. They are now listed as a subset of the Diamond Princess button, but I suspect they are still being counted in the U.S. totals.
   1. Also, Hong Kong’s 149 cases are also counted under China. I just choose to separate out Hong Kong because there is a political protest movement of some significance going on there.
5. Palestine was reported on Wednesday to have 26 cases. Now the CSSE database does not report on Palestine. Not sure where those 26 cases went to. Are they reported under Israel?

On the graph at the top of this post, the original top line is the number of coronavirus cases in Mainland China (People’s Republic of China). The next line is the “Total Recovered” which is reported at 77,257 out of 169,387 cases (and 6,513 deaths). The new top line is the number of coronavirus cases in “other locations” (meaning outside of mainland China).

Could not update my post yesterday on the subject because the CSSE database was struggling to keep up with all the new reports. There has been an explosion of cases in Europe, although that may be due to better testing.

The coronavirus is now affecting my life, with my son’s school closed down until April 10, my wife’s business trip to Europe next week was cancelled, the NHL has cancelled all their games and the Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled. Now what? I guess I will do another blog post….about the virus.

China continues to report very few cases. For the last four days they have consistently reported 80.9K to 81K cases. So it is only growing by a couple of dozen cases a day. Yesterday it was 80,945, now it is 80,976, or 31 more cases. If the data is correct, then it appears that they have brought this under control even though they have had over 80,000 cases. So, it does appear possible to do. The virus is now expanding faster in several other countries in the world and the number of cases outside of China will soon exceed the number of cases inside of China.

Country…….…Cases……Deaths……Rate

World Wide……149,293….5,609…..…3.76%

China.………..…80,976…..3,189…..…3.94%

Italy…………..…17,660…..1,266…..….7.17%

Iran……………..12,729…..…611…..….4.80%

S. Korea…………8,086………72…..….0.89%

Spain………….…6,023..……191………3.17%

Germany…………3,953……….8……….0.20%

France……………3,667………79……….2.15%

United States……2,177………47…..….2.16%

Switzerland………1,359………..8……….0.59%

United Kingdom…1,143……….21………1.84%

 

Ten countries around the world with over a thousand cases. Below is a list of some of the rest. They are mostly European. Not sure how much more extensive testing influences these figures.

Country……..…Cases……Deaths……Rate

Norway………..….996..…………1………0.10%

Sweden…..……….944……..……2….…..0.21%

Denmark..…….…..836…..………0…..….0%

Netherlands.………804.………..10.….….1.24%

Japan………………725..……..…21.…..…2.90%

Belgium….…….….689……..……4…..…..0.58%

Austria……………..602..…………1……….0.17%

Qatar..………….….337..…………0…..…..0%

Australia……………250..……….…3…..…..1.20%

Finland….…..……..223……..……0…..…..0%

Bahrain………….…210……..……0…..…..0%

Singapore…..……..200……..……0…..…..0%

Canada……..…….198……………1…..…..0.51%

Malaysia….…..…..197……………0……….0%

Greece..….….……190……………1…..…..0.53%

Israel…….…….….164…………….0…..…..0%

Iceland……………156…..……..…0……….0%

Brazil………………151…..…..……0……….0%

Czech Rep……..…150……………0…..…..0%

Slovenia….……….141…..…..……0…..…..0%

Hong Kong…….….140…..,….……4………2.11%

Portugal.…..….…..112…..….……0……….0%

Estonia…..…………109……………0….…..0%

Romania……………102……………0…..…..0%

Iraq…..……….……101..……………9……….8.91%

Kuwait……….….…100..…….……0….…….0%

Philippines……..……98…..……..…8………..8.16%

Indonesia….……..…96…..……..…2………..2.08%

Lebanon………….…93..….…….…3………..3.23%

Egypt…………..……93……………2………..2.15%

Ireland………………90…..…..……1.……….1.11%

India…….….…..……87……….……2.…….…2.30%

Saudi Arabia……..….86…..….……0…………0%

UAE…………….….…85……………0….……..0%

Poland…………….….84……………2…….…..2.38%

Thailand.…..…………82………….…1……..…1.22%

San Marino….…..…..80…………….5…….…..6.25%

Vietnam….……..……53…..…..……0…….…..0%

Taiwan………..…..….53…..……..…1….……..1.89%

 

A few other entities of interest to this author that have less than 50 cases so far:

 

Russia…….…………..47…..….……0…..……..0%

Pakistan………………28…..….……0…..……..0%

Palestine…..…….……26?…………..0…..……..0%

Mexico…….….……….15……………0…..……..0%

Afghanistan….……..…11……………0…..……..0%

New Zealand……….…..5………….…0…………..0%

Ukraine…………..……..1…..…….…1………..100%

North Korea..…………..0…..…….…0…………..0%

Syria……….………..…..0…..…….…0…………..0%

Diamond Princess……696…….…….7…………..1.01%

 

Part of my concern is the spread of the disease across the Middle East and Central Asia. There are a number of countries in the region still at war, including Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. How does one contain a virus in a country at war? Do they then serve as a vector for the rest of the countries in the region?

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 3/14/20 as of 11:33.17 AM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

 

A few more observations:

1. It does appear that the mortality rate is around or below 1% if: 1) there is good health care and 2) there is good reporting. That appears to be borne out by the reporting from South Korea and the more contained environment of the cruise ships.
   1. Still the S. Korean mortality rate has continued to increase over the last few days and is nearing 1%
   2. Most other countries with a reported rate of less than 1% I suspect have just recently gotten a number of new cases and these figures will be unfortunately changing over time (for example Germany).
2. If mortality really is around 1% or less, then it appears there are already over 120,000 in cases Italy and over 60,000 cases in Iran.
3. San Marino has a population of 33,562. With 80 cases, this makes it the “most infected” country in the world with 0.24% infected.
   1. The Holy See (Vatican City) is second with 1 case in around 1,000 people (0.10%)
   2. Italy with 60,317,546 people and 17,660 cases is third (0.029%)
      1. If they really have over 120,000 case then we are looking at around 0.2%, a figure similar to San Marino.
   3. South Korea with 51,709,098 people and 8,086 cases is fourth (0.016)
4. I still suspect 44 U.S. passengers from the Diamond Princess are being double counted in CSSE database.
5. Palestine was reported on Wednesday to have 26 cases. Now the CSSE database does not report on Palestine. Not sure where those 26 cases went to. Are they reported under Israel?

On the graph at the top of this post, the top line is the number of coronavirus cases in Mainland China (People’s Republic of China). The next line is the “Total Recovered” which is reported at 72,042 out of 149,293 cases (and 5,609 deaths). The bottom line is the number of coronavirus cases in “other locations” (meaning outside of mainland China). This bottom line is to aiming to cross the other two lines over the next couple of weeks.

Doing a Friday the 13th update even though nothing has drastically changed other than my kid’s school has been closed for the day. It is not under control in a number of countries, in particular Italy, Iran and the United States. If the reporting is correct, China does seem to have mostly contained the virus, and this may well be the case with South Korea. In China on 1 March they were reporting 79.8K cases. As of today, they are reporting 80.9K cases. This is an expansion of around 1,100 cases or an average of 85 cases a day over the last 13 days. For the last three days they have consistent reported 80.9K cases. So it is only growing by a dozen or so a day. Right now they are at 80,945. If the data is correct, then it appears that they have brought this under control even though they have had over 80,000 cases. So, it does appear possible to do. The virus is now expanding faster in several other countries in the world and the number of cases outside of China will soon exceed the number of cases inside of China.

Country…..……Cases…….Deaths…….Rate

World Wide…….135,318……4,981…..…3.68%

China.……….……80,945……3,176………3.92%

Italy…………..……15,113……1,016…..….6.72%

Iran………………..10,075………429…..….4.26%

S. Korea……………7,869………..66…..….0.84%

Spain…………….…3,864..………90………2.33%

Germany……………3,059…………6…..….0.20%

France………………2,879……..…61………2.12%

United States………1,701……..….40….….2.35%

 

Eight countries around the world with over a thousand cases. Below is a list of some of the rest. They are mostly European. Not sure how much more extensive testing influences these figures.

Country…..……Cases…….Deaths…….Rate

Switzerland………..858……….…8…..…..0.93%

Denmark..……..….788….….……0……….0%

Norway…………….702..…………0……….0%

Japan………….……639..…….…16.………2.50%

Netherlands.………614..…….……5.……….0.81%

Sweden…..…….….599….….……1………..0.17%

United Kingdom..…593…….…..…8…..…..1.35%

Belgium….……..….399……………3…..…..0.75%

Austria……….….….302..…….……1……….0.33%

Qatar..……….….….262..….………0…..…..0%

Bahrain………..……189……………0…..…..0%

Singapore……….….187……………0…..…..0%

Finland….………..….155……………0…..…..0%

Malaysia….…………149……………0……….0%

Hong Kong….…..….134…..,….……4……….2.99%

Greece..….….………133……………1…..…..0.75%

Israel…….……….….131……………0…..…..0%

Australia…..….…..…128..….………3…..…..2.34%

Canada……..……….117……………1…..…..0.85%

Czech Rep………..…117……………0…..…..0%

Iceland………….……103…..…..……0………..0%

Slovenia….….………..89…….………0………..0%

UAE……..………….…85……….……0………..0%

Kuwait………….…..…80……….……0….…….0%

Egypt……………..……80……….……2………..2.50%

Iraq…..…………………79..…..………8………10.13%

Portugal.…..……..……78…..….……0…….…..0%

Brazil……….……..……77…..….……0…….…..0%

Thailand.…..……..……75…..….……1…………1.33%

India…….….……..……74…..….……1.…………1.35%

Romania…..……..……70…..….……0…..……..0%

Ireland…………….……70…..….……1.………….1.43%

San Marino….…….…..69…..……….5…..……..7.25%

Lebanon……….………66..….………3……..…..4.54%

Saudi Arabia…..…..….62…..….,……0…..……..0%

Poland………….….….58……………1…..……..1.72%

Philippines…..…….….52…..….……5…………..9.62%

Taiwan………..…….….50…..….……1…..……..2.00%

 

 

Part of my concern is the spread of the disease across the Middle East and Central Asia. There are a number of countries in the region still at war, including Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. How does one contain a virus in a country at war? Do they then serve as a vector for the rest of the countries in the region?

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 3/13/20 as of 7:55.12 AM EST. I did try to do an update at 1:24 PM but it appears that the CSSE database has gaps in it. As of their 12:53.03 PM update they were missing California, Florida and other parts of the U.S. So they were only reporting 1,268 cases when I gather the number is around 1,700. They were only reporting 33 deaths (and none in California or Florida) while I gather the real number is at 41. I will do an update when they have sorted out their database (and Palestine is also still not listed). It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

Eight countries around the world with over a thousand cases. Below is a list of some of the rest. They are mostly European. Not sure how much more extensive testing influences these figures.

Switzerland………..613……..….……4….……..0.65%

Norway………….….598..……………0……..….0%

Japan…………..…..581..………..…12.…….…2.07%

Netherlands.…..……503..……………5.……….0.99%

Sweden…..……..….500….…………0…….…..0%

Denmark..………….442…….………0………..0%

United Kingdom……373……..…..…6………..1.61%

Belgium….………….314….…………1………..0.32%

Qatar..……..…….….262..…..………0………..0%

Austria……..…….….206..…..………0………..0%

Bahrain……..………189…….………0………..0%

Singapore………….178…….………0………..0%

Malaysia….……..…149…….………0…….…..0%

Hong Kong……..….126…..,….……3………..2.94%

Australia…..……..…128..….………3….……..2.34%

Canada…….……..….101……………1….……..1.08%

Greece…………………90……………0…..……..0%

Iceland…………..…….85…..….……0…..……..0%

Israel……………….…..79……………0…..……..0%

UAE……..………..……74…..….……0…..……..0%

Kuwait………….…..…72..…………0…………..0%

Iraq…..…………………71..…………7…………..0%

Another partial update on the mortality rates for the coronavirus. In my last update (29 Feb) I listed all countries with more than 60 cases. They all now have more than a hundred cases.

Country…………………….Cases……..Deaths………..Rate

World Wide…………………94,250…….3,214……………3.41%

S. Korea……………………..5,621………..28…………….0.50%

Iran……………………………2,922………..92…………….3.15%

Italy………………………..…2,502………..79…………….3.16%

Japan…………………………..304…………6.……………1.97%

Germany………………………244…………0……………..0%

France…………………………212…………4……………..1.89%

Spain….…………………….…193…………1……………..0.52%

United States…………..…….128…….……9……………..7.03%

Singapore……………………..110…………0……………..0%

Hong Kong………………..….102…………2……………..1.96%

Switzerland………………..……93…………0……………..0%

Kuwait…….………………..……56…………0……………..0%

United Kingdom…………..……53…………0……………..0%

Malaysia…..………………..….50…………0……………..0%

Bahrain…..………………….….49…………0……………..0%

Cruise Ships……….…….…..706…………6……………..0.85%

 

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 3/04/20 as of 8:33.02 AM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

A few more observations:

1. It does appear that the mortality rate is below 1% if: 1) there is good health care and 2) there is good reporting. That appears to be borne out by the reporting from South Korea and the more contained environment of the cruise ships.
2. Italy and Iran has now both exceeded over two thousand cases and I suspect the number will continue to grow. They now have similar mortality rates at 3.15% & 3.16%
3. The United States now has the highest mortality rate at 7.05%. This could be because 1) the disease hit a particularly vulnerable population at a nursing home, and 2) we may be far from having this under control and have not properly located, tested and contained all the cases out there.
   1. This article from The Guardian is worth a read: Washington state residents frustrated

On the graph at the top of this post, the top line is the number of coronavirus cases in Mainland China (People’s Republic of China). The next line is the “Total Recovered” which is reported at 51,026 out of 94,250 cases (and 3,214 deaths). The bottom line is the number of coronavirus cases in “other locations” (meaning outside of mainland China)

Other Notes:

1. The cruise ship figure is interesting as it is a more contained environment. Japan quarantined 3,711 passengers and crew from the Diamond Princess. Of those 706 tested positive for Coronavirus and now six have died.
2. The CSSE database is double counting some cases. For example there are 706 cases that tested positive on the cruise ships, 44 of them were shipped to the U.S. I believe their database counts those 44 among the 706 on the cruise ship and counts those 44 among the 128 in the U.S. If this is the case then the revised mortality statistics for the U.S. is 10.71% (removing those 44 cases).
3. It is worthwhile to read the comments by “Ulenspiegel” posted to my previous post.

Mortality Rates update 2

 

Another partial update on the mortality rates for the coronavirus. This is developing fast enough that another update was needed. There were significant increases in the number of cases in South Korea, Italy and Iran. I am now listing all countries with more than 60 cases:

Country…………………….Cases……..Deaths………..Rate

World Wide…………………85,954…….2,941……………3.42%

S. Korea……………………..3,150………..16…………….0.51%

Italy………………………..…1,128………..29…………….2.57%

Iran……………………………..593………..43…………….7.25%

Japan…………………………..241…………5.……………2.08%

Singapore……………………..102…………0……………..0%

Hong Kong……………………..94…………2……………..2.13%

Germany………………………..79…………0……………..0%

France…………………………..73…………2……………..2.74%

United States…………………..68…………1……………..1.47%

Cruise Ships………..…….…..705…………6……………..0.85%

 

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 2/28/20 as of 1:23.10 PM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

A few observations:

1. S. Korea lower mortality rate with over 3,000 cases either indicates that 1) they have exceptional health care 2) they have a younger population exposed, or 3) they are doing a better job in identifying all the people who have the disease. Suspect the later. If that is true for most of these cases, then any nation with a mortality rate of greater than 0.50% could be undercounting the number of cases by several multiples.
2. Italy has now exceeded over a thousand cases and suspect the number will continue to grow.
3. Iran is still underreporting cases by the thousands.
4. The cruise ship figure is interesting as it is a more contained environment. Japan quarantined 3,711 passengers and crew from the Diamond Princess. Of those 705 tested positive for Coronavirus and now six have died.
5. The CSSE database is double counting some cases. For example their are 705 cases that tested positive on the cruise ships, 44 of them were shipped to the U.S. I believe their database counts those 44 among the 705 on the cruise ship and counts those 44 among the 68 in the U.S. If this is the case then the revised mortality statistics for the U.S. is 4.17% (removing those 44 cases).

Partial update on the mortality rates for the coronavirus:

 

Country…………………….Cases……..Deaths………..Rate

World Wide…………………84,124…….2,867……………3.41%

S. Korea……………………..2,337………..13…………….0.56%

Italy……………………………..888………..21…………….2.36%

Iran……………………………..388………..34…………….8.76%

Japan…………………………..228…………4*……………1.75%

Cruise Ships…………………..705…………5……………..0.71%

 

* The site says 4, some news reports are now giving higher counts.

This update is caused by the continue expansion of cases in S. Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan. These are the four countries outside of China that report over a 100 cases. This post was updated in the afternoon because of additional Italian data.

Data is from Johns Hopkins CSSE 2/28/20 as of 4:13.12 PM EST. It is here: Johns Hopkins CSSE

A few observations:

1. S. Korea has a noticeably lower mortality rate than any other nation with over a 100 cases. This may be because of better identification and testing of people with the virus.
2. Italy is now nearing a thousand cases, as I mentioned yesterday was possibly the case.
3. Iran’s mortality rate is now lower because they are identifying more cases. Of course, some of these new cases may be fatal.
4. I assume Japan’s figures will be sorted out as reports and updates are made.
5. The cruise ship figure is interesting as it is a more contained environment. Japan quarantined 3,711 passengers and crew from the Diamond Princess. Of those 705 tested positive for Coronavirus and five have died.