When this virus first hit us here in Hong Kong, back in late January, we thought it’d be something like SARS, back in 2002. How wrong we were! Six months later and it’s stubbornly still around.
And we’ve reached two grim milestones at once: over 10 million cases and over half a million deaths.In America worrying new records are being made. From California to Florida, record numbers of new cases. Democrat and Republican states, both being hit. And signs of resurgence in Europe. In Australia.
Even in China there have been new outbreaks.
Still, overall the average number of new deaths globally per day has remained steady in the last few months.
I’ve kept a daily spreadsheet since the beginning. It’s here.
Monthly average daily deaths for the world are:
- February: 95
- March: 1,124
- April: 6,347
- May: 4,604
- June: 4,553
REMINDER: About Hong Kong’s success fighting the virus.
