SINCE APRIL, DAILY DEATHS REMAINED LOW DESPITE WAVES OF NEW CASES

As daily cases started rising outside of China by mid-march, daily deaths almost mirrored the case trajectory (albeit with a two-three week lag). However, as time progressed and doctors and scientists learnt more about the disease, we notice that daily deaths remained low despite a new (and much bigger) wave of cases through June till August.

While the global case fatality rate (CFR) rose till April, it has been improving almost consistently since the start of May

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