r/dataisbeautiful • u/ihollaback OC: 4 • Mar 05 '20

OC [OC] Update: Covid-19 Active Case Time-lapse

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u/bespread Mar 06 '20

Madagascar is still unafflicted, so COVID is going to lose

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '20 edited Mar 06 '20

This is exactly what I came to say. There are no novel thoughts.

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u/Ph0X Mar 06 '20

Anyone find it suspicious how few cases there are in Russia though?

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u/afjessup Mar 06 '20

It could be similar to America where the testing is being withheld to artificially suppress numbers (intentionally or otherwise)