Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 25th 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 25th March 10:00 (GMT)

Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

COVID-19 Cumulative Global Cases

As of 25th March 10:00 (GMT)

Source: World Health Organisation

COVID-19 Global Active Cases Map

As of 25th March 10:00 GMT

Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

Total UK COVID-19 Cases

As of 25th March 09:00 (GMT)

Source: Public Health England

COVID-19 Daily UK Cases

As of 25th March 09:00 (GMT)

Source: Public Health England

Latest Developments

Italy

Priest, 72, dies after giving up ventilator to younger coronavirus patient in Italy

Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is denying dignity to the dead in Italy

Situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK

Italy Ministry of Health Website

China

Hubei residents rush to leave China's COVID-19 epicentre as lockdown lifts

China's imported COVID-19 cases spike as fears grow of second wave

Chinese Website of the Commission for Health

USA

US may become next centre of coronavirus pandemic, says WHO

White House, Senate reach historic $2 trillion stimulus deal amid growing coronavirus fears

The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website

US Coronavirus (COVID-19) website

Official Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California website

United Kingdom

Over 250, 000 volunteer to help NHS with vulnerable

London Excel conference centre to be field hospital for 4,000 coronavirus patients

UK in Lockdown to control COVID-19

Lockdown measures for the UK: How do they compare with other countries?

UK Government Advice

COVID-19 Viral Load: Mild vs Severe
Virus detected at lower levels for first 12 days in severe cases, but persisted for longer after onset

Source: Li-Meng Yan, Lagen Wan, Tian-Xin Xiang, Aiping Le, Jia-Ming Liu, Malik Peiris, Leo L M Poon, Wei Zhang, Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020

Featured in MedShr Open: What does viral load mean for COVID patients?

Global Overview: Which Countries are Flattening the Curve?

Source: The New York Times (more country-curves available)

COVID-19 Case Comparison by US State

Source: NYT Graphics

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and surfaces: rapid time-decay of viral load

Source: J P Morgan

Feature in MedShr Open: Aerosol Spread and Surface Contamination

Source: J P Morgan

Daily Update by Samantha Goh and Rachel Amber Coles, MedShr Open Editorial Team, Medical Education Fellows