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Dem2

(8,168 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:56 PM Mar 2020

Italy 12,462 cases +2,313 today 827 total deaths +196 today [View all]

FFS, the news is getting worse every day. I thought yesterdays case totals seemed low.

Edit: source of numbers tabulated: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

About 600 new cases can be ascribed to the previous day's delay in reporting delay

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Italy 12,462 cases +2,313 today 827 total deaths +196 today [View all] Dem2 Mar 2020 OP

OMG😳😔 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1

Yeah, it is getting scary Hav Mar 2020 #2

multiply by 100 or a 1000 or 10,000 when its in similar out of control state here in america beachbumbob Mar 2020 #3

Exponential. gldstwmn Mar 2020 #4

no small wonder trump admin clamping down on info flow beachbumbob Mar 2020 #5

Citation? BBG Mar 2020 #6

Updated O/P Dem2 Mar 2020 #9

Thanks. BBG Mar 2020 #10

Could you edit your original post with that link as well? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #11

Done. Dem2 Mar 2020 #13

Thx! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #14

We are 9 days away from people dying in the hallways in hospitals. Coventina Mar 2020 #7

Bad. They do have an older population too. But the creep on the death rate isn't just age. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #8

6,681 new cases worldwide so far (it's early for such a big number) over +2100 over yesterday Dem2 Mar 2020 #12

That is what? An 8% or 9% death rate? LizBeth Mar 2020 #15

Difficult to determine at this time Dem2 Mar 2020 #16

Shit. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #17

Well, they decided not to treat the elderly as they have lower chances of survival LisaL Mar 2020 #19

7325 new cases today worldwide, 60% increase Dem2 Mar 2020 #18