VIRUS STATS THURSDAY

Globally, the number of new cases the past seven days is 16% above the previous week. For America the increase is 11%.

• The number of new United Kingdom cases are down 30% compared to the previous week
• New cases in Spain this week are are down 14% compared to the previous week
• New cases in Italy this week are up  2%  compared to the previous week
• New cases in Germany this week are down 33%  compared to the previous week

 Death rate

• The latest death rate in all major virus countries has increased this week over past week's average:

USA 4% or 36% over the previous week's average
Global 6.7%  or 12% over the previous week's average
Worst: Italy remains worst at 12.8%
United Kingdom is second at 12.3%
Spain is third at 10.3%
Germany is 2.4%

 States & cities

• The highest number of cases are in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, California and Pennsylvania
• In all the major virus states, the death rate has increased the past seven days by 16-36% compared to the previous week. 
• The highest death rates are in Michigan, Washington, New York, and Louisiana.