VIRUS STATS TUESDAY

The change in number of cases in past week

• Globally up 94%
• USA up 217%... Most cases of any country.
• Spain up  138%
• Germany up 113%
• Iran up 80%
• Italy up 47%
• Korea up 4%
• China up 1%

[The Chinese figures are questioned by a number of sources]

 Death rate change during same period:

• Global up slightly to 4.8%
• USA is up slightly but remains a low 1.9%.
• Worst: Italy 11.4% and getting worse. Spain is second at 8.6%
• Iran's death rate is 6.9% - down a bit 

STATE STATS

• Death rates in Washington and Louisiana remain over 4%
• New York has the most deaths, 41% of all American deaths.  In fact, if you include New Jersey it comes to just over half of all the nation's deaths.
• Georgia is third with a death rate of 3.4%
• Death rate down slightly in California and Florida
• Death rates up slightly in New York, Washington, Michigan Louisiana, and Illinois.