Both the UK and USA are also set to pass Spain’s record of peak daily deaths.
Asking ‘why’, he continued: ‘ US is now dealing with multiple overlapping outbreaks, keeping the pace up. US will likely have highest death toll globally within a week.’
Mr Burn-Murdoch continued: ‘US still boldly going where no country has gone before, at >20k new confirmed cases per day. Destined to end up the worst-affected country in the world.’ Italy, and more recently Spain, have been seen as epicentres of the outbreak but appear to have turned a corner in recent days, following strict lockdowns.And cases in cumulative form:⢠India perhaps stabilising again. Shows the importance of watching medium-term trends, not short term bumps which could be due to data backlogs
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