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And a new chart showing why we're using absolute numbers rather than population-adjusted rates:https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1249821596199596034 Please email coronavirus-data@ft.com with feedback, requests & subnational data.All of

Dinner tonight was lasagne from scratch, which turned out to be more of an all day activity than I'd bargained for, but oh boy was it worth it Possibly the

Now daily new cases:• Early signs that new infections in US *may* be peaking• New cases falling in four countries that acted early and decisively: New Zealand , Australia ,

NEW: Sun 12 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths:• US & UK still trending up, Italy the only other to slope up at same stage• Success stories in dark blue:

NEW: Sat 11 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths:• US & UK still on a trend of more deaths every day• We’re now highlighting success stories in dark blue: Australia,

NEW: Fri 10 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US & UK still on clear trend of rising daily deaths. Reporting patterns may give occasional dips, but clearly trending

Finally, small multiples for daily cases in 65 countries:• Early action in Australia & New Zealand means they may have turned the corner early • Saudi Arabia added• Japan’s delayed

NEW: Thurs 9 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US & UK are still upward slopes on a log scale, i.e each day generally brings more deaths than the

NEW: Wed 8 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesNB: we’ve reverted to the 7-day moving averageDaily new deaths:• General trend in US and UK is still more deaths every day than

NEW: Tue 7 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesBig changes here, so tonight’s thread will be fewer charts and more explanations.Here’s the revamped daily deaths chart. I’ve switched from a 7-day

Fantastic, detailed discussion between @FT's @jemimajoanna and @neil_ferguson, lead author of the Imperial College covid report.Ferguson does not believe UK currently has an exit strategy, and doesn't believe any other

NEW: Mon 6 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily new deaths:• US has averaged 1,000 deaths per day over the last week• Daily deaths in Italy & Spain peaked around 23-24