The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 4/17/20

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8. Another update

At 9:57am
Confirmed cases - 672,561
Deaths - 35,241

At 10:42am
Confirmed cases - 679,710
Deaths - 35,483

At 11:03am
Confirmed cases - 683,846
Deaths - 35,873

At 12:39pm
Confirmed cases - 684,054
Deaths - 35,878

At 3:27pm
Confirmed cases - 690,941
Deaths - 36,444

At 7:01pm
Confirmed cases - 698,559
Deaths 36,559


Here's a disquieting reality check (as of 3:30pm):
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,156,370
Deaths worldwide - 151,155

And by 7pm, the total cases worldwide hit 2,239,751
Deaths - 153,622

A hundred and fifty-three THOUSAND people. It's hard even to wrap one's mind around this. So many souls...

Every one of them leaves someone behind who's very very sad. Probably more like broken-hearted. This isn't just a killer virus. It's a deep psychic wound. Lotsa hurt. I'm feeling like maybe the whole world will take a long time getting over this.