Coronavirus Outbreak: Which 10 Countries Have The Most Confirmed COVID 19 Cases? (1 Mar – 1 May)

This video highlights the top 10 countries with the highest total number of confirmed COVID 19 cases due to the recent coronavirus outbreak from 1 March 2020 to 1 May 2020.

This highly infectious disease (COVID-19) was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province 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.

As of 1 May 2020, the COVID-19 has infected 3.214 million people worldwide and caused a death toll of about 232 thousand people. In relation to the current data, the global case fatality rate (CFR) now sits at a staggering 7.24%.

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 10 hardest-hit countries by the COVID-19 in terms of total confirmed cases from 1 March 2020 to 1 May 2020.
2) To visually inspect the spread of the coronavirus outbreak across the globe from the perspective of total confirmed COVID 19 cases over time.

Some of the countries with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases are United States, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Russian Federation, Iran and Brazil.

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This video is part of the video series called “COVID-19: Vital Statistics Coverage” created to observe, among other things, the latest update and development of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). For instance, the prevalence rate of the virus 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 being featured as the top 10 countries in the world that are most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
2) Could the countries’ policy response to the virus outbreak be solely judged by the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases reported? If not, what other factors need to be taken into account when it comes to evaluating governmental response to the coronavirus 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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Do check out similar videos on other global economic trends and news:

COVID 19: Which 10 Countries Have The Most Confirmed Cases Per Million? (1 Mar - 30 Apr) https://youtu.be/WrpBCBTeVdo
COVID 19: Top 10 Countries by Total Confirmed Deaths Per Million (1 Mar - 1 May) https://youtu.be/nGxJnA-PHKw

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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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