COVID-19 Daily Analysis
May 12, 2020
2 min readMay 12, 2020
Recorded at 12pm PST
Data
Global cases: 4.229M
Global deaths: 289K
Global case-fatality ratio: 6.8%
US cases: 1.358M
US deaths: 81.6K
US case-fatality ratio: 6%
Percentage of US population infected: 0.41% (roughly 1 in 245)
Percentage of NYC population infected: 2.1% (roughly 1 in 47)
Trends
- Global case growth is accelerating (Δ +81K)
- Global case-fatality ratio is stabilizing (no change)
- US case growth is slowing (Δ +21K)
- US case-fatality ratio is increasing (Δ +0.1%)
Observations
- The outbreak continues to stabilize overall, with linear global case growth, and slowing case growth in the US.
- Despite minor daily fluctuations, the case-fatality ratios remain fairly stable at just under 7% globally, and 6% in the US.
Data source: Johns Hopkins CSSE ARCGIS global dashboard
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6