State of the Pandemic, Canada, China, Europe, France, Germany, Global, Iran, Italy, South Korea, Spain, United States
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Period. 23 - 29 March 2020

The pandemic continues to grow exponentially. As of March 25, It took only 6 days for the global case number to double from 200,000 to over 400,000 (and 2 days from 300,000 to 400,000).

At least 650,567 cases and 30,299 deaths have been reported in 199 countries as of March 28 at 2:30pm EST. Europe and the U.S. account for almost two thirds of all cases globally.  There is growing alarm, however, as case reports are increasing in many low- and middle-income countries.

Select Case Fatality Rates (for countries with at least 50 deaths)

Worldwide: 4.7%
Italy: 10.6%
Spain: 7.9%
Iran: 7.1%
China: 4.1%
France: 6.1%
US: 1.6%
South Korea: 1.5%
Canada: 1.2%
Germany: 0.7%

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