An A to Z Coronavirus observational guide. . . N

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Numbers

OK I am not really a numbers sort of chap but if there is one thing that Covid-19 has created in abundance it is numbers and lots of them. Now I will admit numbers can be both interesting and also very dull. I guess the numbers involved in Covid-19 are a bit of a combination but also generally quite important, so I am kind of keeping track of them. After all this virus is one event that could impact all of us in some way and in almost every case not for the better.

Anyway I thought I would give a few examples of the kind of stats and numbers that are announced or are reported in some form most days . . . . . . 

Grocery sales of flour were up 92% in the four weeks to 22 March compared to the same period last year,

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The US as a whole has recorded 462,000 cases and nearly 16,500 deaths. Globally there are 1.6 million cases and 95,000 deaths.

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The US has over 475,000 confirmed cases and nearly 18,000 deaths so far

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Examining the final outcome for patients admitted to critical care, for the 133 aged 16-39, 76.7% were discharged alive, and 23.3% died. For the 484 aged 60-69, 43.6% were discharged alive, and 56.4% died. For the 434 aged 70-79, 31.3% were discharged alive, and 68.7% died. And for the 107 aged over 80, 27.1% were discharged alive, and 72.9% died.

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The data paints a bleak picture for European countries.

The top three countries with the most deaths per 100,000 people are Spain (35.5%), Italy (32.2%) and Belgium (29.2%), the university says.

Conversely, the top three countries with the most deaths per 100 confirmed virus cases are Italy (12.8%), the UK (12.4%) and Belgium (11.9%), it says.

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So there you have it most days there are all sorts of facts and figures that can be found about Covid-19 and I suspect that there are many more numbers and statistics to go yet.

It is worth pointing out also these numbers and facts are already out of date as I try to keep ahead on my 2020 A to Z challenge.