Trying to make sense of a pandemic can be daunting, more so when it is in the middle of an ‘infodemic’. The coronavirus pandemic, or Covid-19, appears to be a rapidly unfolding tragedy, and the barrage of information thrown around daily hardly makes gauging its extent any easier.
These five data trends will bring you up to speed and help you understand the crisis better:
#1. Just four countries account for over half the Covid-19 cases globally
With the situation worsening gradually, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases globally rose to 577,531 on March 27 (as at 11 pm). The