posts: 32969

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                        "text": " number of ",
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                                "text": "confirmed cases",
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                                "text": "What is important to note about these case figures?",
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                                        "text": "the reported case figures on a given date does not necessarily show the number of new cases on that day: this is due to delays in reporting;",
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                                        "text": "the actual number of cases is likely to be much higher than the number of confirmed cases \u2013 this is due to limited testing.",
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                                "text": "\u2192 We provide more detail on these points in the section '",
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                                        "text": "Cases of COVID-19: background",
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                                        "text": "Five quick reminders on how to interact with this chart",
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                                        "text": "By clicking on + Add Country you can show and compare the data for any country in the world you are interested in.",
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                                        "text": "If you click on the title of the chart, the chart will open in a new tab. You can then copy-paste the URL and share it.",
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                                        "text": "You can switch the chart to a linear axis, by clicking on 'LOG'.",
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                                        "text": "If you move both ends of the time-slider to a single point you will see a bar chart for this point in time.",
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                        "text": ": how rapidly have they increased compared to other countries?",
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                                "text": "The trajectory for every country begins on the day when that country had 100 confirmed cases. This allows you to make comparisons of how quickly the number of confirmed cases has grown in different countries.",
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                                "text": "Keep in mind that in countries that do very little testing the total number of cases can be much higher than the number of confirmed cases shown here.",
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                                "text": "Clicking on any country in the chart highlights that country. If you click on several countries you can create a view in which you can compare several countries.",
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                                        "text": " add and compare any selection of countries using the Add country button.",
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                        "text": ": are we bending the curve?",
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                                "text": "But in this chart, as in many of our charts, you can switch to a linear axis. Just click on \u2018LOG\u2019.",
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