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Many countries in Africa do only very, very, very few tests for COVID.[more data on this in our database: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=latest&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetri

Two months ago India confirmed 11,300 cases per day.This shows the rise of confirmed cases since then.A straight line on a logarithmic axis tells you that you are looking at

To understand a global pandemic we need global data.But even more than one year into the pandemic some of the most basic international data on COVID is missing.Just because there

Confirmed cases are always only a fraction of all cases as not every infected person is tested and diagnosed.The question is, how large of a fraction?The IHME model for India

This thread is more personal than most of the things I share here, but I’m at my limit with Jason Hickel.I want to explain why I dislike him so much

Colleagues at Oxford are working towards the much needed vaccine.They are looking for 510 volunteers. If you live in the area consider applying as a volunteer for this vaccine trial.I

This is to me one of the saddest and most important charts on the pandemic.Those countries that are doing bad right now (high on the y-axis) are largely the same

The situation in the Czech Republic is now looking extraordinarily bad.Left: There are now 856 confirmed cases per million per day. A rate higher than what we've seen almost anywhere

The rise of confirmed cases in Europe is very rapid.– This is showing the 7-day rolling average. Over the last week 138,500 cases were confirmed every day.– The doubling time

In the UK the number of cases rose rapidly.But the public – and authorities – are only learning this now because these cases were only published now as a backlog.The

Years ago Lant Pritchett suggested an additional higher poverty line:Back then the extreme poverty line was $1.25, he suggested to add $12.50 per day.Now I want to update it:I’m suggesting

Humanity’s history is a battle against the microbes. And for most of our history we were losing very decisively.My new post – and visualization – on how vaccines allowed us