Top 10 Most Affected Countries In The World by COVID-19 | Total Cases Per Million [Updated 12 May]

This video highlights the top 10 most affected countries in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we will observe the top 10 countries in the world by total confirmed coronavirus cases per million inhabitants from 1 March 2020 to 12 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 12 May 2020, the COVID-19 has infected 4.136 million people worldwide and caused a death toll of more than 285 thousand people. In relation to the current data, the global case fatality rate (CFR) now sits at a staggering 6.91%.

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.

Note: Countries with population size of 100,000 people or less are not included to ensure a more robust and accurate comparison between countries affected by virus (corona) in the world.


Objectives of This Video:

1) To find out the top 10 most affected countries in the world by the coronavirus in terms of total confirmed coronavirus cases per million from 1 March 2020 to 12 May 2020.
2) To visually inspect the spread of the coronavirus outbreak across the globe from the perspective of total coronavirus cases per million over time.

As of 12 May 2020, the top 10 most affected countries in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic are Qatar, Luxembourg, Iceland, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, United States, Singapore, Italy and Switzerland.

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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 coronavirus pandemic using COVID 19 graph race. For instance, the countries affected by virus corona in the world are inspected extensively over time in terms of infection rate, death rate, etc.

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 in this coronavirus graph as the top 10 countries in the world that are most severely affected by the #COVID19 #pandemic?
2) Could the countries’ policy response to the virus outbreak be solely judged by the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases per million 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 the COVID-19 pandemic:

COVID 19 Graph Race: Total Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths | Bar Chart Race [Updated 11 May] https://youtu.be/gCRUg8lR8co
COVID 19 Graph Race: Total Confirmed Coronavirus Cases by Country | Bar Chart Race [Updated 11 May] https://youtu.be/THk0uP3QcuM

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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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