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3. If you mean why has it dropped so much since Jan 9?

Reply to Shermann (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 7, 2021, 08:28 PM

Feb 2021

Dunno. I notice the world as a whole peaked at 739,400 on Jan 11, and
the latest is Feb 6 at 436,200,

A drop of 37%.

daily new cases, 7 day moving average.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

Interestingly the U.S. is about 1/3 of the world's total in this metric, so a considerable amount of the world average drop is due to the U.S. component.

But the drop is happening in almost all countries, as one can see by mousing over any country on the map and it pops up the 14 day trend line.

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Holiday COVID-19 surge? [View all] Shermann Feb 2021 OP

I look at U.S. daily new cases, 7 day moving average progree Feb 2021 #1

Yes the cooler weather of flu season was definitely a factor in September Shermann Feb 2021 #2

If you mean why has it dropped so much since Jan 9? progree Feb 2021 #3

CNN has a "story" on this Shermann Feb 2021 #4