The bar necessities: 5 ways to understand coronavirus graphs - 0 views
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Simon Knight on 06 Apr 20Wrapping your head around the scale of a global pandemic is not easy, and the volume of stats and data can be bewildering. What, for instance, are we to make of the fact Australia recorded just 109 new cases in its daily count for April 6? Given this figure peaked at around 400 new cases per day, does this mean the rate of infection is now tapering off? And what, apart from sadness, are we to make of more gruesome statistics, such as the 969 COVID-19 deaths reported in a single day in Italy on March 27? To help interpret and understand the mountains of COVID-19 data, we'll look at five commonly used methods, and explain the pros and cons of each.