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34151 | COVID Deaths – Country Profile | covid-deaths-country-profile | wp_block | publish | <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Confirmed deaths</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>What is the <strong>daily</strong> number of <strong>confirmed deaths</strong>?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-7-day?tab=chart&time=earliest..latest&country=~OWID_WRL" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related charts: </h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"\u003cstrong\u003eExplore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer\u003c/strong\u003e","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true\u0026deathsMetric=true\u0026dailyFreq=true\u0026perCapita=true\u0026smoothing=7","mediaId":33500,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do deaths compare when we adjust for population? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Daily confirmed deaths by region","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-region","mediaId":32371,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/daily-covid-deaths-region.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Which <strong>world regions</strong> have the most daily confirmed deaths?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This chart shows the number of confirmed deaths <em>per day</em>. This is shown as the seven-day rolling average.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Why is it helpful to look at the seven-day rolling average of daily confirmed deaths? </h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to deaths <em>on that day</em> – but to the deaths <em>reported</em> on that day. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day – irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths – it is helpful to view the 7-day rolling average of the daily figures. Below the chart you find the link to the Data Explorer where you can see the 7-day rolling average</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>→ We provide more detail in the section '<a href="https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#reported-new-cases-on-a-particular-day-do-not-necessarily-represent-new-cases-on-that-day">Reported new cases on a particular day do not necessarily represent new cases on that day</a>'.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>A tip on how you can interact with this chart</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>By pulling the ends of the blue time slider you can focus the chart on a particular period. If you bring them together to one point in time then the line chart becomes a <strong>bar chart</strong> – this of course only makes sense if you compare countries (that is what the Add Country button is for).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/help --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Daily confirmed deaths</strong>: are countries bending the curve?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-daily-deaths-epidemiological-trajectory" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related chart: </h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"\u003cstrong\u003eExplore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer\u003c/strong\u003e","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log\u0026zoomToSelection=true\u0026deathsMetric=true\u0026dailyFreq=true\u0026aligned=true\u0026perCapita=true\u0026smoothing=7","mediaId":33500,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do rates compare when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>? What if we look at the 7-day average?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This trajectory chart shows whether countries make progress on bringing down the curve of new deaths.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To allow comparisons between countries the trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country first reported 5 daily deaths.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>This chart is shown on logarithmic axis, but you can switch to a linear axis</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>The default view on a logarithmic y-axis is helpful to compare the growth rates between countries: on a logarithmic axis the steepness of the line corresponds to the growth rate. [<a href="https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-logscale/">Here</a> is an explanation for how to read logarithmic axes.]</li><li>But in this chart – as in many of our charts – you can switch to a linear axis – just click on ‘Linear’ in the top left.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/help --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Daily confirmed deaths</strong>: <strong>when</strong> did countries bend the curve?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related chart:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Daily vs. Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per capita","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-deaths-daily-vs-total-per-million","mediaId":33616,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/covid-deaths-daily-vs-total-per-million.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How does this comparison look when when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This chart shows the number of daily confirmed deaths (on the y-axis) plotted against the total number of confirmed deaths (on the x-axis).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plotting the data in this way allows us to see <strong><em>when</em> different countries bent the curve</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4><strong>How you can interact with this chart</strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>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.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the <strong>'Select Countries’</strong> in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>What is the <strong>cumulative</strong> number of <strong>confirmed deaths</strong>?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-deaths-covid-19" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related charts:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"\u003cstrong\u003eExplore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer\u003c/strong\u003e","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true\u0026deathsMetric=true\u0026totalFreq=true\u0026perCapita=true\u0026smoothing=0","mediaId":33500,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do deaths compare when we adjust for population?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Cumulative confirmed deaths by region","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-region","mediaId":32367,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/total-covid-deaths-region.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Which <strong>world regions</strong> have the most total confirmed deaths?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Cumulative vs. daily confirmed deaths [scatterplot]","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily","mediaId":32369,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Are countries with the highest <strong>cumulative</strong> death toll also experiencing the most <strong>daily</strong> deaths?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Three points on confirmed death figures to keep in mind:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All three points are true for all currently available international data sources on COVID-19 deaths.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>the actual total death toll from COVID-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths – this is due to limited testing and problems in the attribution of the cause of death; the difference between reported confirmed deaths and total deaths varies by country</li><li>how COVID-19 deaths are recorded may differ between countries (e.g. some countries may only count hospital deaths, whilst others have started to include deaths in homes)</li><li>the reported death figures on a given date does not necessarily show the number of new deaths on that day: this is due to delays in reporting.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>→ We provide more detail on these three points in the section '<a href="https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#deaths-from-covid-19-background">Deaths from COVID-19: background</a>'.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Cumulative confirmed deaths</strong>: how rapidly have they increased compared to other countries?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-deaths-since-5th-death" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"\u003cstrong\u003eExplore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer\u003c/strong\u003e","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log\u0026zoomToSelection=true\u0026deathsMetric=true\u0026totalFreq=true\u0026aligned=true\u0026perCapita=true\u0026smoothing=0","mediaId":33500,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do rates compare when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Charts which simply show the change in confirmed deaths over time are not very useful to answer the question of how the <em>speed</em> of the outbreak compares between different countries. This is because the outbreak of COVID-19 did not begin at the same time in all countries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This chart here is designed to allow such comparisons.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country had 5 confirmed deaths.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This allows you to compare how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths increased after the outbreak reached a similar stage in each country.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>The grey lines in the background help you to see how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths is increasing</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>These lines show the trajectories for doubling times of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 days. If the slope that a country is on is steeper than a particular grey line, then the doubling time of confirmed cases in that country is faster than that. For example, there are several countries for which the slope was steeper than the ‘…every 2 days’ line – this means their death count doubled faster than every two days</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>How you can interact with this chart</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>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.</li><li>Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the <strong>'Select Countries’</strong> in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there.</li><li>To focus on the countries you highlighted click on 'Zoom to selection'.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- /wp:owid/help --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Biweekly deaths</strong>: where are confirmed deaths increasing or falling?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-side-by-side"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-side-by-side"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Why is it useful to look at weekly or biweekly changes in deaths?</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to the number of new confirmed deaths <em>on that day</em> – but to the deaths <em>reported</em> on that day. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day – irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths – it is helpful to look at a longer time span, which is less affected by the daily variation in reporting. This provides a clearer picture of where the pandemic is accelerating, staying the same, or reducing.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>The first map here provide figures on the number of confirmed deaths in the last two weeks. To make comparisons across countries possible it is expressed per million people.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>And the second map shows the growth rate over this period: blue are all those countries in which the death count in the last two weeks was lower than in the two weeks before. In red countries the death count has increased.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-side-by-side"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-side-by-side"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-deaths-per-million-people" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related chart:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Weekly confirmed deaths","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths","mediaId":34763,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53.png","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What is the <strong>weekly number </strong>of confirmed deaths?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-change-covid-deaths" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related chart:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Weekly change in confirmed deaths","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-growth-covid-deaths?tab=chart","mediaId":34165,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/biweekly-change-covid-deaths.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What is the weekly <strong>growth rate</strong> (change) in deaths?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Global deaths in comparison:</strong> where are deaths increasing most rapidly?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Global deaths in comparison","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths#global-comparison-where-are-confirmed-deaths-increasing-most-rapidly","mediaId":34178,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison.png","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In our page on <em>Coronavirus deaths</em>, we provide maps and tables on how the number and change in deaths compare across the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> | { "id": "wp-34151", "slug": "covid-deaths-country-profile", "content": { "toc": [], "body": [ { "text": [ { "text": "Confirmed deaths", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "type": "heading", "level": 2, "parseErrors": [] }, { "text": [ { "text": "What is the ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" }, { "children": [ { "text": "daily", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-bold" }, { "text": " number of ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" }, { "children": [ { "text": "confirmed deaths", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "spanType": "span-bold" }, { "text": "?", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "type": "heading", "level": 3, "parseErrors": [] }, { "left": [ { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-7-day?tab=chart&time=earliest..latest&country=~OWID_WRL", "type": "chart", "parseErrors": [] }, { "text": [ { "text": "Related charts: ", "spanType": "span-simple-text" } ], "type": "heading", "level": 5, "parseErrors": [] }, { "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7", "type": "prominent-link", "title": "<strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong>", "description": "How do deaths compare when we adjust for population? 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## Confirmed deaths ### What is the **daily** number of **confirmed deaths**? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-7-day?tab=chart&time=earliest..latest&country=~OWID_WRL"/> ##### Related charts: ### <strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong> How do deaths compare when we adjust for population? https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7 ### Daily confirmed deaths by region Which world regions have the most daily confirmed deaths? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-region This chart shows the number of confirmed deaths _per day_. This is shown as the seven-day rolling average. ##### Why is it helpful to look at the seven-day rolling average of daily confirmed deaths? For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to deaths _on that day_ – but to the deaths _reported_ on that day. Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day – irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths – it is helpful to view the 7-day rolling average of the daily figures. Below the chart you find the link to the Data Explorer where you can see the 7-day rolling average → We provide more detail in the section '[Reported new cases on a particular day do not necessarily represent new cases on that day](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#reported-new-cases-on-a-particular-day-do-not-necessarily-represent-new-cases-on-that-day)'. #### A tip on how you can interact with this chart By pulling the ends of the blue time slider you can focus the chart on a particular period. If you bring them together to one point in time then the line chart becomes a **bar chart** – this of course only makes sense if you compare countries (that is what the Add Country button is for). ### **Daily confirmed deaths**: are countries bending the curve? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-daily-deaths-epidemiological-trajectory"/> ##### Related chart: ### <strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong> How do rates compare when we adjust for population? What if we look at the 7-day average? https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7 This trajectory chart shows whether countries make progress on bringing down the curve of new deaths. To allow comparisons between countries the trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country first reported 5 daily deaths. #### This chart is shown on logarithmic axis, but you can switch to a linear axis * The default view on a logarithmic y-axis is helpful to compare the growth rates between countries: on a logarithmic axis the steepness of the line corresponds to the growth rate. [[Here](https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-logscale/) is an explanation for how to read logarithmic axes.] * But in this chart – as in many of our charts – you can switch to a linear axis – just click on ‘Linear’ in the top left. ### **Daily confirmed deaths**: **when** did countries bend the curve? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily"/> ##### Related chart: ### Daily vs. Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per capita How does this comparison look when when we adjust for population? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-deaths-daily-vs-total-per-million This chart shows the number of daily confirmed deaths (on the y-axis) plotted against the total number of confirmed deaths (on the x-axis). Plotting the data in this way allows us to see **_when_ different countries bent the curve**. #### **How you can interact with this chart** 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. Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the **'Select Countries’** in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there. ### What is the **cumulative** number of **confirmed deaths**? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-deaths-covid-19"/> ##### Related charts: ### <strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong> How do deaths compare when we adjust for population? https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&totalFreq=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=0 ### Cumulative confirmed deaths by region Which world regions have the most total confirmed deaths? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-region ### Cumulative vs. daily confirmed deaths [scatterplot] Are countries with the highest cumulative death toll also experiencing the most daily deaths? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily ##### Three points on confirmed death figures to keep in mind: All three points are true for all currently available international data sources on COVID-19 deaths. * the actual total death toll from COVID-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths – this is due to limited testing and problems in the attribution of the cause of death; the difference between reported confirmed deaths and total deaths varies by country * how COVID-19 deaths are recorded may differ between countries (e.g. some countries may only count hospital deaths, whilst others have started to include deaths in homes) * the reported death figures on a given date does not necessarily show the number of new deaths on that day: this is due to delays in reporting. → We provide more detail on these three points in the section '[Deaths from COVID-19: background](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#deaths-from-covid-19-background)'. ### **Cumulative confirmed deaths**: how rapidly have they increased compared to other countries? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-deaths-since-5th-death"/> ### <strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong> How do rates compare when we adjust for population? https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&totalFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=0 Charts which simply show the change in confirmed deaths over time are not very useful to answer the question of how the _speed_ of the outbreak compares between different countries. This is because the outbreak of COVID-19 did not begin at the same time in all countries. This chart here is designed to allow such comparisons. The trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country had 5 confirmed deaths. This allows you to compare how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths increased after the outbreak reached a similar stage in each country. ##### The grey lines in the background help you to see how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths is increasing These lines show the trajectories for doubling times of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 days. If the slope that a country is on is steeper than a particular grey line, then the doubling time of confirmed cases in that country is faster than that. For example, there are several countries for which the slope was steeper than the ‘…every 2 days’ line – this means their death count doubled faster than every two days #### How you can interact with this chart * 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. * Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the **'Select Countries’** in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there. * To focus on the countries you highlighted click on 'Zoom to selection'. ### **Biweekly deaths**: where are confirmed deaths increasing or falling? ##### Why is it useful to look at weekly or biweekly changes in deaths? For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to the number of new confirmed deaths _on that day_ – but to the deaths _reported_ on that day. Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day – irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths – it is helpful to look at a longer time span, which is less affected by the daily variation in reporting. This provides a clearer picture of where the pandemic is accelerating, staying the same, or reducing. * The first map here provide figures on the number of confirmed deaths in the last two weeks. To make comparisons across countries possible it is expressed per million people. * And the second map shows the growth rate over this period: blue are all those countries in which the death count in the last two weeks was lower than in the two weeks before. In red countries the death count has increased. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-deaths-per-million-people"/> ##### Related chart: ### Weekly confirmed deaths What is the weekly number of confirmed deaths? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-change-covid-deaths"/> ##### Related chart: ### Weekly change in confirmed deaths What is the weekly growth rate (change) in deaths? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-growth-covid-deaths?tab=chart ### **Global deaths in comparison:** where are deaths increasing most rapidly? ### Global deaths in comparison In our page on Coronavirus deaths, we provide maps and tables on how the number and change in deaths compare across the world. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths#global-comparison-where-are-confirmed-deaths-increasing-most-rapidly | { "data": { "wpBlock": { "content": "\n<h2>Confirmed deaths</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>What is the <strong>daily</strong> number of <strong>confirmed deaths</strong>?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-7-day?tab=chart&time=earliest..latest&country=~OWID_WRL\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related charts: </h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7</link-url>\n <title><strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong></title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How do deaths compare when we adjust for population? </p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"630\" width=\"1200\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-deaths-region</link-url>\n <title>Daily confirmed deaths by region</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>Which <strong>world regions</strong> have the most daily confirmed deaths?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/daily-covid-deaths-region.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>This chart shows\u00a0the number of confirmed deaths\u00a0<em>per day</em>. This is shown as the seven-day rolling average.</p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Why is it helpful to look at the seven-day rolling average of daily confirmed deaths? </h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to deaths <em>on that day</em> \u2013 but to the deaths <em>reported</em> on that day. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day \u2013 irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths \u2013 it is helpful to view the 7-day rolling average of the daily figures. Below the chart you find the link to the Data Explorer where you can see the 7-day rolling average</p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 We provide more detail in the section ‘<a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#reported-new-cases-on-a-particular-day-do-not-necessarily-represent-new-cases-on-that-day\">Reported new cases on a particular day do not necessarily represent new cases on that day</a>‘.</p>\n\n\n\t<block type=\"help\">\n\t\t<content>\n\n<h4>A tip on how you can interact with this chart</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>By pulling the ends of the blue time slider you can focus the chart on a particular period. If you bring them together to one point in time then the line chart becomes a <strong>bar chart</strong> \u2013 this of course only makes sense if you compare countries (that is what the Add Country button is for).</p>\n\n</content>\n\t</block></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Daily confirmed deaths</strong>: are countries bending the curve?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-daily-deaths-epidemiological-trajectory\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related chart: </h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&dailyFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=7</link-url>\n <title><strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong></title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How do rates compare when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>? What if we look at the 7-day average?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"630\" width=\"1200\" /></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>This trajectory chart shows whether countries make progress on bringing down the curve of new deaths.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To allow comparisons between countries the trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country first reported 5 daily deaths.</p>\n\n\n\t<block type=\"help\">\n\t\t<content>\n\n<h4>This chart is shown on logarithmic axis, but you can switch to a linear axis</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The default view on a logarithmic y-axis is helpful to compare the growth rates between countries: on a logarithmic axis the steepness of the line corresponds to the growth rate. [<a href=\"https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-logscale/\">Here</a> is an explanation for how to read logarithmic axes.]</li><li>But in this chart \u2013 as in many of our charts \u2013 you can switch to a linear axis \u2013 just click on \u2018Linear\u2019 in the top left.</li></ul>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n\n</content>\n\t</block></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Daily confirmed deaths</strong>: <strong>when</strong> did countries bend the curve?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related chart:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-deaths-daily-vs-total-per-million</link-url>\n <title>Daily vs. Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per capita</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How does this comparison look when when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/covid-deaths-daily-vs-total-per-million.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>This chart shows the number of daily confirmed deaths (on the y-axis) plotted against the total number of confirmed deaths (on the x-axis).</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plotting the data in this way allows us to see <strong><em>when</em> different countries bent the curve</strong>.</p>\n\n\n\t<block type=\"help\">\n\t\t<content>\n\n<h4><strong>How you can interact with this chart</strong></h4>\n\n\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the <strong>‘Select Countries\u2019</strong> in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there.</p>\n\n</content>\n\t</block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3>What is the <strong>cumulative</strong> number of <strong>confirmed deaths</strong>?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-deaths-covid-19\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related charts:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&totalFreq=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=0</link-url>\n <title><strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong></title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How do deaths compare when we adjust for population?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"630\" width=\"1200\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-region</link-url>\n <title>Cumulative confirmed deaths by region</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>Which <strong>world regions</strong> have the most total confirmed deaths?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/total-covid-deaths-region.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily</link-url>\n <title>Cumulative vs. daily confirmed deaths [scatterplot]</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>Are countries with the highest <strong>cumulative</strong> death toll also experiencing the most <strong>daily</strong> deaths?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/04/confirmed-covid-19-deaths-total-vs-daily.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5>Three points on confirmed death figures to keep in mind:</h5>\n\n\n\n<p>All three points are true for all currently available international data sources on COVID-19 deaths.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>the actual total death toll from COVID-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths \u2013 this is due to limited testing and problems in the attribution of the cause of death; the difference between reported confirmed deaths and total deaths varies by country</li><li>how COVID-19 deaths are recorded may differ between countries (e.g. some countries may only count hospital deaths, whilst others have started to include deaths in homes)</li><li>the reported death figures on a given date does not necessarily show the number of new deaths on that day: this is due to delays in reporting.</li></ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 We provide more detail on these three points in the section ‘<a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#deaths-from-covid-19-background\">Deaths from COVID-19: background</a>‘.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Cumulative confirmed deaths</strong>: how rapidly have they increased compared to other countries?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-confirmed-deaths-since-5th-death\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?yScale=log&zoomToSelection=true&deathsMetric=true&totalFreq=true&aligned=true&perCapita=true&smoothing=0</link-url>\n <title><strong>Explore for yourself in our Coronavirus Data Explorer</strong></title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How do rates compare when we <strong>adjust for population</strong>?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/05/data-explorer.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"630\" width=\"1200\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>Charts which simply show the change in confirmed deaths over time are not very useful to answer the question of how the <em>speed</em> of the outbreak compares between different countries. This is because the outbreak of COVID-19 did not begin at the same time in all countries.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This chart here is designed to allow such comparisons.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trajectory for each country begins on the day when that country had 5 confirmed deaths.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows you to compare how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths increased after the outbreak reached a similar stage in each country.</p>\n\n\n\n<h5>The grey lines in the background help you to see how rapidly the number of confirmed deaths is increasing</h5>\n\n\n\n<p>These lines show the trajectories for doubling times of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 days. If the slope that a country is on is steeper than a particular grey line, then the doubling time of confirmed cases in that country is faster than that. For example, there are several countries for which the slope was steeper than the \u2018\u2026every 2 days\u2019 line \u2013 this means their death count doubled faster than every two days</p>\n\n\n\t<block type=\"help\">\n\t\t<content>\n\n<h4>How you can interact with this chart</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>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.</li><li>Any country you might not see immediately you can find via the <strong>‘Select Countries\u2019</strong> in the bottom left. Just type the name in the search box there.</li><li>To focus on the countries you highlighted click on ‘Zoom to selection’.</li></ul>\n\n</content>\n\t</block></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Biweekly deaths</strong>: where are confirmed deaths increasing or falling?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-side-by-side\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5>Why is it useful to look at weekly or biweekly changes in deaths?</h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to the number of new confirmed deaths <em>on that day</em> \u2013 but to the deaths <em>reported</em> on that day. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since reporting can vary very significantly from day to day \u2013 irrespectively of any actual variation of deaths \u2013 it is helpful to look at a longer time span, which is less affected by the daily variation in reporting. This provides a clearer picture of where the pandemic is accelerating, staying the same, or reducing.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The first map here provide figures on the number of confirmed deaths in the last two weeks. To make comparisons across countries possible it is expressed per million people.</li></ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>And the second map shows the growth rate over this period: blue are all those countries in which the death count in the last two weeks was lower than in the two weeks before. In red countries the death count has increased.</li></ul>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-side-by-side\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-deaths-per-million-people\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related chart:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths</link-url>\n <title>Weekly confirmed deaths</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>What is the <strong>weekly number </strong>of confirmed deaths?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"402\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-768x402.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-768x402.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-400x209.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-800x418.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-150x78.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-1536x803.png 1536w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-15.37.53-2048x1071.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/biweekly-change-covid-deaths\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related chart:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-growth-covid-deaths?tab=chart</link-url>\n <title>Weekly change in confirmed deaths</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>What is the weekly <strong>growth rate</strong> (change) in deaths?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/biweekly-change-covid-deaths.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Global deaths in comparison:</strong> where are deaths increasing most rapidly?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"> <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths#global-comparison-where-are-confirmed-deaths-increasing-most-rapidly</link-url>\n <title>Global deaths in comparison</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>In our page on <em>Coronavirus deaths</em>, we provide maps and tables on how the number and change in deaths compare across the world.</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"738\" height=\"631\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison.png 738w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison-400x342.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison-643x550.png 643w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/06/global-covid-deaths-comparison-150x128.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" /></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"></div>\n</div>\n" } }, "extensions": { "debug": [ { "type": "DEBUG_LOGS_INACTIVE", "message": "GraphQL Debug logging is not active. 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