So the great news is Spain's daily death count has dropped for the third consecutive day and looking at Italy and the UK a similar pattern seems to be emerging which would suggest self isolation measures are starting to have a positive affect.
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The data relating to testing is still very sketchy but what is becoming evident is that the percentage of serious cases is dropping the more tests are done, now down to approx 5% globally.
Some questions asked about testing and how affective it is. Obviously the more testing that is done the higher the number of cases identified but this will likely see a percentage reduction is serious or critical cases.
In most cases testing had only occurred when symptoms were visible but we have seen that increased random testing helps to identify any patterns in the spread of the virus and can help with ensuring self isolation is enforced more effectively.
I know I keep talking about S Korea but here is a nation that assuming their figures are correct has managed to keep the spread of the virus down to a minimum. Mass random testing has played a very big part in this.
Total deaths per 1m of population for a few selected countries below, correct as of yesterday.
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Daily deaths for a small selection of countries. France has seen a spike because of a change in their reporting of the deaths and Australia, like S Korea showing aggressive testing and isolations rules make a difference.
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Again, assuming they are being honest with us China do seem to have got over the worst of it it what looks like a two month period. Once the cases and deaths started to drop they did so quite quickly.
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Hopefully we are just about at our peak and we will see if over the next few days the death rate continues to drop. Fingers crossed it does and maybe an extension to the current lockdown guidelines will get us down to more manageable numbers. I suppose the next big challenge will be how to let people get back to normal without providing the virus an opportunity to spread again.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert!