Covid-19 Factoid: What today's coronavirus data trends tell us

Business Standard lists five clear data trends to help you gauge the extend of the coronavirus crisis

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Medical staffers wearing protective gear, part of a special unit performing house calls, work in Bergamo, northern Italy, one of the areas worse-affected by coronavirus. Photo: PTI

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Mar 28 2020 | 8:25 AM IST

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

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown