Coronavirus Graph: Top 10 Countries by COVID-19 Tests [Updated 8 May]

This coronavirus graph shows the top 10 countries compared by tests performed on COVID-19 from 1 March 2020 to 8 May 2020.

This highly infectious disease (COVID-19) and its related SARS-CoV-2 virus was first reported in Wuhan, China on 31 December 2019. Since then, it has spread to almost all countries around the world, triggering governmental intervention of varying degree in attempts to reduce and contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

From this coronavirus graph, as of 8 May 2020, the corona virus has infected 3.807 million people worldwide and caused a death toll of more than 269 thousand people. In relation to the current data, the global case fatality rate (CFR) now sits at a staggering 7.07%. Besides, the total number of corona virus tests that have been conducted and reported globally has exceeded the 37 million mark just recently.

Note that the United Nations geoscheme devised by United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) is utilized to group countries/economies/territories according to their macro-geographical location for the purpose of statistical analysis. Therefore, the resulting classification by no means represents the political status or any other affiliation of the countries or entities in question.

Objectives of This Video:

1) To find out the top 10 countries in the world by total COVID-19 tests conducted from 1 March 2020 to 8 May 2020.
2) To visually inspect the development of policy response towards the coronavirus outbreak across the globe from the perspective of total coronavirus tests conducted over time with the help of the coronavirus graph.

Some of the countries with the highest number of COVID-19 tests performed as depicted in the coronavirus bar chart race are United States, Russian Federation, Germany, Italy, India, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Canada and France.

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This video is part of the video series called “COVID-19: Vital Coronavirus Statistics Coverage” created to observe, among other things, the latest update and development of the COVID 19 pandemic using coronavirus bar chart race. For instance, the prevalence rate of the coronavirus in countries all around the world is inspected extensively over time on this playlist.

Link to the video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRA_U4Pw2yqkluESn3JxpA710y_HEb_dv

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Questions Worth Asking:

1) Why do you think these #countries are performing the greatest number of COVID-19 tests these days (as displayed in the COVID 19 bar chart race)?
2) Could the countries’ policy response to the coronavirus outbreak be solely judged by the total number of coronavirus tests conducted? If not, what other factors need to be taken into account when it comes to evaluating governmental response to the outbreak?
3) What should policymakers do to ensure sustainable development in both the economy and the environment while maintaining public health and safety?

Let me know what your thoughts are for each of the questions mentioned above.

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Greatest Battle of the 21st Century https://bit.ly/2Rzd93P
GDP: Economic Performance Rankings https://bit.ly/37dfmZf
GDP Per Capita: Economic Performance Rankings https://bit.ly/325PXz4
Social Media Rankings https://bit.ly/38r3nYp
Demographic and Social Statistics: Population https://bit.ly/2uhALSM
COVID-19: Vital Coronavirus Statistics Coverage https://bit.ly/35cRS6G

Do check out similar videos on the COVID-19 pandemic:

COVID 19 Graph Race: Total Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths | Bar Chart Race [Updated 8 May]
https://youtu.be/aLl73KcD7f8
COVID 19 Graph Race: Total Confirmed Coronavirus Cases by Country | Bar Chart Race [Updated 8 May] https://youtu.be/r3FxDn0CgcM

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Data Sources:

Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
World Health Organization https://www.who.int/

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