Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 22nd March 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 22nd March 2020
This update will be published daily at 12pm GMT and aims to provide clinicians and the public with an overview of the latest data, guidelines, key publications and policy around COVID-19, with links to essential resources and information.
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Global Impact of COVID-19 to Date
As of 22nd March 10:00 (GMT)
COVID-19 Cumulative Global Cases
As of 21st March 09:00 (GMT)
Source: World Health Organisation
COVID-19 Global Active Cases Map
As of 22nd March 10:00 GMT
Total UK COVID-19 Cases
As of 21st March 09:00 (GMT)
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Cumulative UK Cases
As of 21st March 09:00 (GMT)
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Daily UK Cases
As of 21st March 09:00 (GMT)
Source: Public Health England
Latest Developments
Italy
PM warns of worst crisis since WW2 as coronavirus deaths leap by almost 800
Italy Ministry of Health Website
China
China records its first new domestic COVID-19 case for four days
Chinese Website of the Commission for Health
USA
80 million Americans now under lockdown as New Jersey joins the list of states issuing stay-at-home order
Trump talks himself up as 'wartime president' to lead America through a crisis
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
US Coronavirus (COVID-19) website
Official Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California website
United Kingdom
PM in Mother's Day warning as coronavirus accelerates in the UK, amid concern for NHS
Doctors warn coronavirus could overwhelm NHS ‘within weeks’
UK Government Advice
COVID-19: Actions and results in Kentucky and Tennessee
This chart of the difference between what has happened in Kentucky vs. Tennessee is incredibly compelling.
Positive COVID-19 cases in Michigan
Michigan positive COVID cases are growing linearly rather than exponentially. This linear growth and high 32% positive suggest limited test availability and that this is an underestimate.
Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Coronavirus T days after respective region's outbreak
Source: J. P. Morgan
Infections per 1 million people by country
Source: J. P. Morgan
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and surfaces: rapid time-decay of viral load
Source: J. P. Morgan
Some promising news in development of anti-viral medications
Source: J. P. Morgan
Reproduction and Fatality for Selected Human Viruses
This graph provides a comparison of the reproduction number and case-fatality ratio of COVID-19 against other viruses.
Source: McKinsey & Company
COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate by Age
The elderly are at a greatly increased risk of mortality.
Source: McKinsey & Company
Latest COVID-19 Publications
Some key recent publications to be aware of:
Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
Published 7th February 2020
This study describes the clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)–infected pneumonia (NCIP) and compares severe cases who received intensive care unit (ICU) care with non-severe cases who did not receive ICU care.
Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan
Big Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing
Published 3rd March 2020
Taiwan’s government learned from its 2003 SARS experience and established a public health response mechanism for enabling rapid actions for the next crisis. Well-trained and experienced teams of officials were quick to recognise the crisis and activated emergency management structures to address the emerging outbreak. Given the continual spread of COVID-19 around the world, understanding the action items that were implemented quickly in Taiwan and assessing the effectiveness of these actions in preventing a large-scale epidemic may be instructive for other countries.
Author: Dr Daniel Livingstone, MedShr - Health Education England Fellow
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