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Coronavirus Watch gives you ONE-STOP ACCESS to a wide variety of the best journalism, analysis, data, videos, and helpful resources regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic.  This site is maintained and frequently updated by the curation team at AccuRadio.  If you find it valuable, please visit regularly! 

If you scroll down this page, you’ll find ten categories of information to choose from: 

(1) Statistics overview (5) How YOU can help others (9) Featured resources
(2) Featured journalism (6) Links to news homepages (10) Data analysis by U.S. state
(3) Government briefings (7) Latest news & opinions  
(4) Last night in late-night (8) Resources collection  

(1) STATISTICS OVERVIEW FOR SUNDAY 4/12/20

Yesterday (4/11), confirmed COVID-19 cases to date globally grew to almost 1.8 million people, an increase of 108,879 persons). That means that the total again grew 7% in just one day (albeit down from 9% per day a week ago). The state of New York, a bellweather for the U.S., saw a decline in both cases and deaths. Canada had its worst day of deaths so far (but only by a slight margin).

For information on other countries than those shown below, visit  Worldometers.info. For interactive bar charts that show trends over time (down to the city level in most countries, and even down to the county level in the U.S.), visit the STAT Covid-19 Tracker. For a look at which U.S. states have been most affected on a per-capita basis (using data through 4/9), scroll to bottom of this page.

For additional detail, these nine websites — click the forward/back buttons to see more — are providing a variety of different looks at the available data:

STAT’s Covid-19 Tracker

As the virus that causes Covid-19 spreads worldwide, this dashboard offers a snapshot of the crisis right now. Click on...

Reuters interactive U.S. map (by county)

To use this interactive map from Reuters, click https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA/0100B5K8423/index.html

Worldometers.info

New cases yesterday by country and state Great data source supported by a worldwide collective. Click on...

IHME projections

"The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of...

(2) FEATURED JOURNALISM

Newspapers, magazines, and websites around the world are offering insightful writing about our current pandemic. Here are some pieces you might have missed that we think you’ll like.  (Updated daily)

Vector in Chief (NY Review of Books)

On July 4, 1775, just his second day serving as commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces, George Washington issued strict orders to...

Former Labradoodle breeder was tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force (Reuters)

On January 21, the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human...

David Wallace-Wells: We are probably only one-tenth of the way through this pandemic (New York)

We are, finally, beginning to see some real plans from people with the power to enact them. On...

Can survivors of the coronavirus help rescue the economy? (The New Yorker)

There is an ever-expanding group of people who have been infected by the coronavirus but are no longer symptomatic, if they ever were—the convalescents....

Don’t fall for the false trade-offs of COVID-19 policy (Chicago Booth Review)

Policy makers don’t have to choose between public health and economic well-being. The American economy—like those of...

The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway (Vox)

Should wet markets be banned? It’s more complicated than it seems. The consensus among scientists who specialize in...

(3) GOVERNMENT BRIEFINGS

Craving mature and responsible leadership from your government officials?  Here are some recent daily briefings from chief executives who are serious, educated, professional, knowledgeable, and compassionate.

(4) LAST NIGHT IN LATE NIGHT

Much of the most insightful political commentary nowadays — plus some needed humor and entertainment — comes from our current generation of late-night talk show hosts. Catch up on your viewing here:

(5) HOW YOU CAN HELP OTHERS

Getting stir-crazy?  Genuinely concerned about other people?  (Want to earn Good Place points?)  Want to set a good example for your kids?

Here are some ways you could be of service to others during this shared time of crisis: 

  • Sew cloth face masks to donate to your friends and neighbors.Chicagoan at home with sewing machine, making face masks for family and neighbors
  • Track down N95 face masks and deliver them to local hospitals.
  • Check in with neighbors who are living alone — even if you don’t know them well! — to see how they’re doing and if they need any help.
  • Organize a Teddy Bear Hunt (click link for details) for local children. 
  • Call or write your elected representatives in Congress and urge them to speed up stimulus payments to the most-needy. 
  • Order a take-out or delivery meal from one of your favorite local restaurants to help them stay in business.
  • Buy a gift card, for future use, from one of your favorite local shops.
  • Teach a senior citizen or a person suffering from loneliness how to use video chat (e.g., FaceTime, Alexa, Zoom, or Skype video).
  • If you have an RV (recreational vehicle), lend it to a medical professional who fears sleeping at home because he or she might expose their family to the virus.
  • Donate blood. The need is high, and blood donation centers are open throughout the country, practicing safe distancing and sanitized donation practices.

Also, see some excellent suggestions (including non-profits that need donations) from The Washington Post here.

Have other suggestions? Please share them here!  (Reader suggestions so far have included teaching the non-tech-savvy how to order groceries online and how to pay bills online…)

(6) LINKS TO NEWS HOMEPAGES

Many of the world’s top newspaper, magazines, websites, and broadcasters have consolidated their coronavirus coverage on a single page of their website.  Visit any of those topic homepages by clicking on a logo above.

 

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HELPFUL HINT:

One of the best ways you can support the small businesses in your local community is to order a take-out or delivery meal from one of your favorite local restaurants.

(9) FEATURED RESOURCES

How you can help others

By CoronavirusWatch.com -- Here are some ways you could be of service...

How 20 seconds of soap kills the coronavirus (Vox)

This is a great video from Vox on how soap (or, perhaps not quite as well, hand...

End-of-life planning during the coronavirus pandemic, in 8 steps (Vox)

How to make crucial financial and health care decisions for you and your loved ones.

Where to order your favorite pantry staples online (Bon Appétit)

Your local grocery store is out of flour. The internet isn’t. For...

COVID-19 symptoms chart (Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham)

Excellent diagnostic graphic: Do you have symptoms of a cold, an allergy, the flu, or COVID-19? ...

How to make an effective face mask at home (Business Insider)

It's possible to make your own face mask at home with cotton, cloth, and other common...

Ventilator vs. respirator, quarantine vs. isolation: COVID-19 pandemic terms, defined (Vox)

With the Covid-19 pandemic, there are so many new things we need to grow accustomed to. We’re physically...

Symptoms of COVID-19 vs. cold and flu

Note that this graphic does not include the newly-identified possible COVID-19 symptom of loss of sense of...

Food safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide

See this excellent piece here: https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html

Animation that tells the whole story about the value of social distancing

See the animated version on Deezen.com here: https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/22/coronavirus-animations-toby-morris-siouxsie-wiles-design-graphics/

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(10) DATA ANALYSIS BY STATE

How U.S. states rank on a PER CAPITA basis

The following table shows U.S. states and territories ranked not by total cases (where states with large populations largely top the list), but rather by total cases per million residents, which we believe is a far more meaningful number. 

Using data through Thursday, April 9th, the table below shows New York has the highest number of COVID-19 cases to date per million state residents (8.232, which is up from 6,724 three days earlier), and that the count of total cases grew 7% on April 6th.  New York has also has seen the most deaths to date per million residents (360, which is up from 243 three days earlier), with that number having grown 13% on April 9th. 

Note that California, while in the news regularly due to its large population, ranks well below the national average in both cases and deaths per million residents.

(Data through 4/9/20; data source Worldometers.info/coronavirus.)

    Total cases/1M pop April 9th increase     Total deaths/1M pop April 9th increase
New York #1 8,232 7%   #1 360 13%
New Jersey #2 5,745 8%   #2 191 13%
Louisiana #3 3,920 7%   #3 151 8%
Massachusetts #4 2,773 13%   #6 74 16%
Connecticut #5 2,732 11%   #5 106 13%
D.C. #6 2,225 6%   #8 47 19%
Michigan #7 2,160 6%   #4 108 12%
Rhode Island #8 1,634 19%   #9 41 23%
Pennsylvania #9 1,450 11%   #15 28 15%
Washington #10 1,323 3%   #7 62 6%
Illinois #11 1,281 9%   #10 41 14%
Delaware #12 1,273 8%   #18 24 21%
Colorado #13 1,121 10%   #11 41 17%
Georgia #14 1,057 7%   #12 40 11%
Maryland #15 1,030 12%   #19 23 11%
Vermont #16 1,005 4%   #13 37 0%
Indiana #17 957 7%   #14 37 21%
Nevada #18 840 6%   #16 27 13%
Florida #19 817 7%   #22 18 15%
Idaho #20 802 10%   #28 14 33%
Mississippi #21 756 13%   #17 25 13%
Tennessee #22 697 6%   #29 14 19%
Utah #23 649 7%   #49 4 0%
New Hampsh #24 610 4%   #25 16 17%
Alabama #25 583 14%   #26 16 16%
Missouri #26 581 3%   #27 15 7%
South Carolina #27 563 9%   #30 14 6%
South Dakota #28 517 14%   #43 7 0%
California #29 510 6%   #31 14 12%
Wisconsin #30 499 5%   #21 19 8%
Virginia #31 480 11%   #33 13 45%
Ohio #32 473 7%   #23 18 10%
New Mexico #33 473 14%   #41 8 6%
Arizona #34 434 11%   #34 13 11%
Oklahoma #35 430 10%   #20 20 1%
Maine #36 420 4%   #35 12 14%
Wyoming #37 411 4%   #52 0 0%
Texas #38 410 14%   #42 8 14%
Iowa #39 405 11%   #38 9 7%
Arkansas #40 383 6%   #44 7 17%
Kansas #41 380 6%   #32 14 11%
North Carolina #42 376 7%   #45 7 19%
North Dakota #43 358 7%   #46 7 25%
Montana #44 340 7%   #48 6 0%
Kentucky #45 327 8%   #24 18 8%
Oregon #46 324 7%   #37 11 16%
Alaska #47 318 4%   #39 9 0%
Hawaii #48 311 2%   #50 4 20%
Nebraska #49 298 9%   #47 7 17%
West Virginia #50 286 8%   #51 3 25%
Minnesota #51 225 8%   #40 9 28%
Puerto Rico #52 202 10%   #36 12 67%
               
Average   1,416 8%     50 13%

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PODCASTS:

Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN)

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New York Times

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NPR

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