here is a good resource for factual numbers:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Since discovering this site, I've been marking the numbers on my calendar to chart the daily change.
To give you an idea of how the numbers are escalating globally...

on Monday (yesterday as I write this) the total number of cases globally was 153,524. I'm assuming that was all cases since mid december when the problem was first identified in Wuhan. That's 153,524 cases in 3 months

As of this moment, (one day later) the number of cases is 195,892. And the day isn't over yet.

In one day the number grew by 27% of the total cases over 3 months. The graph of cases outside China looks like a hockey stick.

(That moment when you feel bad for the senior citizens, then realize you are one!)


edit: this site continually updates its totals. Since posting this a little while ago the new total has risen to 196,639... day still not over. The one-day increase is now 28% of the previous 3 month total

Last edited by Pat Marr; 03/17/20 11:11 AM.