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                                "text": "Related charts:",
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                                "text": "This chart shows the\u00a0number of confirmed COVID-19 cases ",
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                                        "text": "per day",
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                                "text": ". This is shown as the seven-day rolling average.",
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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 do not necessarily show the number of new cases on that day \u2013 this is due to delays in reporting.",
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                                        "text": "The number of confirmed cases is lower than the true number of infections \u2013 this is due to limited testing. In a separate post we discuss how models of COVID-19 help us ",
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                                                "text": "estimate the true number of infections",
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                                        "text": ".",
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                                "text": "\u2192 We provide more detail on these points in our page on ",
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                                        "text": "Cases of COVID-19",
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                                "text": ".",
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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 logarithmic axis by clicking on 'LOG'.",
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                                        "text": "Map view: switch to a global map of confirmed cases using the 'MAP' tab at the bottom of the chart.",
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                        "text": " confirmed cases: how do they compare to other countries?",
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                                "text": "Differences in the population size between different countries are often large. To compare countries, it is insightful to look at the number of confirmed cases ",
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                                "text": " \u2013 this is what the chart shows.",
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                                "text": "Keep in mind that in countries that do very little testing the actual number of cases can be much higher than the number of confirmed cases shown here.",
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                                "text": "Three tips on how to interact with this map",
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                                        "text": "By clicking on any country on the map you see the change over time in this country.",
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                                        "text": "By moving the time slider (below the map) you can see how the global situation has changed over time.",
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                        "text": "What is the ",
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                                "text": "The previous charts looked at the number of confirmed cases per day \u2013 this chart shows the ",
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                                "text": " number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.",
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                                        "text": "In all our charts you can download the data",
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                                "text": "We want everyone to build on top of our work and therefore we always make all our data available for download. Click on the 'Download'-tab at the bottom of the chart to download the shown data for all countries in a .csv file.",
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                        "text": ": where are confirmed cases increasing or falling?",
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                        "text": "For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to the number of new confirmed cases ",
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                        "text": " \u2013 but to the cases\u00a0",
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                        "text": "Since reporting can vary significantly from day to day \u2013 irrespectively of any actual variation of cases \u2013 it is helpful to look at a longer time span that 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.",
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