Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 28th March 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 28th 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 28th March 08:30 (GMT)
COVID-19 Cumulative Global Cases
As of 27th March 09:00 (GMT)
Source: World Health Organisation
COVID-19 Global Active Cases Map
As of 28th March 08:30 GMT
Total UK COVID-19 Cases
As of 27th March
NB: Public Health England has now moved to a different reporting time for UK COVID-19 fatalities, as family consent is now needed to release mortality statistics. Hence the reported figures may not actually be the deaths that have taken place over the past 24 hours, meaning caution needs to be exercised when comparing figures from one day to the next.
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Cumulative UK Cases
As of 27th March
Source: Public Health England
COVID-19 Daily UK Cases
As of 27th March
Source: Public Health England
Latest Developments
A new FDA-authorised test can detect COVID-19 in as little as 5 minutes
The UK, Spain, Italy see biggest daily rise in deaths
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Europe, Middle East and North Africa
As of 28th March 2020
Source: The Guardian
The virus has spread worldwide despite containment efforts
As of 25th March 2020
Source: McKinsey & Company
Are Things Getting Better or Worse?
This graph shows the percentage of the total number of cases that occurred in the last 10 days for each country. This is plotted relative to the first day where more than 1 confirmed case per million people appeared. The size of the point represents the number of cases
As of 27th March 2020
Source: https://llvll.ch/
Countries begin with similar trajectories but curves diverge based on range of measures taken
As of 25th March 2020
Source: McKinsey & Company
Western countries are largely instituting the "Early China model," focused on immediate containment while ramping up testing
As of 25th March 2020
Source: McKinsey & Company
Italy
Italy records 969 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
As the country scales testing, the effects of national lockdown on viral transmission have yet to be determined
As of 25th March 2020
China
Rapid lockdowns were employed to manage outbreak before ramping up testing and response capabilities
As of 25th March 2020
Source: McKinsey & Company
USA
US becomes first country to exceed 100,000 cases
Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
As of 28th March 2020
Source: New York Times
Modelling published in the New York Times shows why social distancing cannot be quickly or prematurely relaxed.
Source: New York Times
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
US Coronavirus (COVID-19) website
Official Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California website
United Kingdom
UK PM and health secretary test positive
Staff testing to be rolled out across NHS next week
Two further NHS Nightingale hospitals to be built in Birmingham and Manchester
UK Government Advice
South Korea: Rigorous investigation of outbreak clusters and rapidly scaled testing capabilities limited spread
As of 25th March 2020
Source: McKinsey & Company
Latest COVID-19 Publications
Some key recent publications to be aware of:
CT morphology of COVID-19: Case report and review of literature
Published 26th March 2020
This article presents a case with COVID-19 pneumonia and provides an overview of the existing radiological literature on COVID-19.
Author: Dr Daniel Livingstone, MedShr - Health Education England Fellow
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