Coronavirus Dashboard

Our very own Paul Mendelson (aka CognosPaul) has developed a dashboard showing the spread of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The visualizations let you interact with a world map highlighting the areas infected and the progression of the virus dating back to 01/22/2020. It provides many statistics including the number of confirmed cases, number of people recovered, recovered rate, deaths, and death rate. It also has latest statuses, daily averages, Canada & USA focus, and cohort analysis broke out by country, and even a forecast. We’ll continue to revise, improve and add dashboards in the coming weeks.

Check it out by clicking the link above, and be informed. Stay safe!

Brief Overview of the Coronavirus

The Coronavirus 2019, named “SARS-CoV-2” and abbreviated “COVID-19”, is a respiratory virus and belongs to a large family of viruses named Coronaviruses. Coronaviruses are zoonotic meaning they are transmitted between people and animals. Coronaviruses are known to exist among camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Among these animals, COVID-19 originated in bats.

COVID-19 was first detected in China but is now among 60 locations internationally including the United States. On January 30, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”. On January 31, 2020, the United States Health and Human Services Secretary declared a public health emergency for the United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in responding to COVID-19. The United States had its first confirmed person-to-person spread of COVID-19 among close contacts of returned travelers from Wuhan. As of March 7th, 2020, 19 states have reported cases of COVID-19 to the CDC.

Be sure to visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website at cdc.gov to answer any further questions or concerns you may have about COVID-19.



Sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html

https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus