Coronavisual

Stay home and make charts.

There are two key statistics about the COVID-19 pandemic that I find particularly useful: currently active cases and average daily death toll.

Tracked over time, they provide a clear picture of the progression and current state of this outbreak, both globally and especially when comparing different countries.

Here’s my attempt at visually presenting this (including a bit on Croatia and our neighboring countries), using Johns Hopkins University data with a few manual corrections where data is missing. I will update these charts and comments daily (last updated on May 5th, 2020).

Active cases

Tracking daily active cases (confirmed cases minus deaths minus recovered cases) instead of total (or only new) cases provides a better insight into the current spread of the disease and the burden on the healthcare system of a country on a particular day.

Comparing some of the most affected countries in this way provides a quick snapshot of the current global hotspots. I’ve also noted dates when countries officially went into quarantine (according to Wikipedia), although in most cases lockdowns were introduced gradually (by region and scope).