Hello! Here's my daily look at coronavirus stats on a country-by-country basis.

Today:

US: Active cases dip for 1st time ever...
Texas: ... gets worse
Russia: Now 3rd worst in world
Denmark: A model for the rest of us
Brazil: Ugh
Mexico: The new Brazil

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The US: See that little dip in active cases? That is very good news. The putative total number of people with COVID has declined for the first time ever! As a nation, America is turning the corner.

Except for Texas ...

Texas: A very bad day in Texas with +1500 new cases. Low days are getting higher — another bad sign. These charts suggest things are getting worse in Texas.

Of course, Texas ended its lockdown several days ago.

Spain: This is what we want to see.

Russia: is now the 3rd worst-affected country on the planet, pushing the UK into 4th place. It is under-recording deaths by ascribing 60% of deaths to any other cause unless COVID was the sole cause, per Reuters.

Still, that's 10K new cases and 100 deaths per day.

The UK: In terms of deaths, the highs are getting lower and the lows are getting lower. Continued progress.

Brazil: Continues to spiral out of control.

Italy, France & Germany: All doing well.

Denmark: A model for the rest of us. Danish kids have been back in school for a month. They have under 10 deaths a day and under 100 new cases a day.

Mexico: New hotspot. These charts look like Brazil. Very bad.

South Korea: Retail foot traffic data shows SK basically back to normal while the rest of us remain indoors. [via UBS]

A great chart from The Times showing the R0 number for the UK by region. Note how low it is in London.

For more detailed data on any country, go to Worldometers https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

The UAE and Singapore both learning the hard way that if you treat workers badly, you get a public health crisis. [via Pantheon]