Charting COVID-19 Data and Models — DataViz Weekly
Summary
With the help of data put together by the COVID-19 Forecast Hub, FiveThirtyEight looked at nine models of fatality rates for the United States to find out what future to expect within the next few weeks according to them (and what makes the estimates different). Thanks to the halt of travels and factories, emissions dropped drastically, greatly reducing air pollution and making skies around the world significantly clearer in a matter of weeks, not even years. Nevertheless, the key point here is disclosed by the final graph of the article, predicting that CO2 levels will continue to rise and the dangerous pace of global warming on the planet will not slow down anyway. After a very strict nationwide lockdown, coming as no surprise because it has been one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic, Spain’s government has recently begun to loosen the imposed restrictions. There, you will also find links to coronavirus spread trackers for some other countries, charting COVID-19 data with regular updates, including the U.S. and each of its states and the District of Columbia.