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Promoting the main table

I have a proposed change to this excellent article, that I expect I will apply. I go to this article frequently - as I expect thousands of people do - for the latest picture, or rather Table of cases by country. But each time I then have to scroll down a bit to see what I consider this article's main raison-d'etre, the said main table. Also, the table is to the right of the screen, and its width is constrained I guess as a result.

An easy solution is to put said table into its own section. Then, with just one click, one can bring that section to the top of the screen, bingo. Moreover, one can refresh the page, without the table slipping again down the screen.

For me it seems a great change, so I assume many others would also be helped if I do this. Do please shout quickly if you have concerns or a better suggestion.

A further idea is to limit the TOC index to continent level, to get to the goodies with less scrolling. Always happy to discuss things and thoughts. Thanks & stay safe, Trafford09 (talk) 10:09, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Trafford. While it's clear what you mean, might I suggest that "get to the goodies" is not the best way to refer to information about people's suffering? If you choose to rephrase that point, feel free to delete this comment as well. 92.25.47.124 (talk) 14:14, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi IP. Thank you for making your valid point. You have me bang to rights, as they say. I don't think the project approves of editors altering or deleting text so, whilst regretting my wording, I am leaving the original text. If others spot my error, I hope they will see your comment and my acceptance of fault. Cheers, Trafford09 (talk) 17:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)


OK, after 9 hours, no immediate rejection of my above proposals, so I've gone ahead and made both changes.
I hope people approve, as it's now better, IMHO.
However, it'd be nice to align the main table to the left, not right.
Who knows a way to achieve that? Trafford09 (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

2 listings for Ecuador

Ecuador is listed twice - one entry is for 6 confirmed cases, the other is for 1 confirmed case. Can this be rectified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.78.67 (talk) 00:55, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

There are 2 listings for Oman too

There are 2 listings for Oman too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.78.67 (talk) 01:10, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting the listings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.78.67 (talk) 01:25, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

2 confirmed cases in Portugal

Portugal has just confirmed its two first cases, both in the city of Oporto. https://observador.pt/2020/03/02/passageira-do-sud-expresso-tem-febre-tosse-muito-ligeira-e-dores-de-garganta-regressou-do-norte-de-italia-no-dia-23/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.110.115.163 (talk) 10:31, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Update cases in Israel

The column about Israel is not updated, there are 10 cases now, the latest 2 of them contracted the virus locally. The data can be found in the ministry of health web site in Hebrew. Can someone update the table? I will help with the Hebrew of course, if necessary. PelicanTwo (talk) 16:09, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Map Changes

Recently the world map for the outbreak on the page has changed a few times and it went from useful and simple to chaotic and now to irrelevant. At first, it was very simple with red meaning an infected country and blue being a suspected country, that was simple and there was useful information. You could easily spot newly infected countries and able to see which countries were at risk of the virus. It then turned to a tri-color chaotic scheme which I'm glad was changed, but now we're stuck with an irrelevant map that's complicated to understand and useless. The map that we're stuck with is a map that just shows how many confirmed infected cases there are in every country. That's completely irrelevant. See, I don't care how many cases there are in the country, I can just scroll down and see the number of cases in the box below. And it's hard to understand since you have to match the exact shade of red to the key below to see approximately how many people are infected in the country. It's better to apply this map when most or even all the countries are infected since it's hard now to spot newly infected countries without having to look at the box below. Please can we all just turn the map back to its original state? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Opirentis (talk • contribs) 17:27, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Map of Coronavirus outbreak - wrong colours for French Caribbean territories

Please change the color for the French Caribbean territories to 1-9 or 10-99. The are not over 100 cases in each Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. It is wrong just to use the same colour as Mainland France. Thanks a lot! --2A02:8108:41C0:4888:A9C2:5A8B:DBC:7F58 (talk) 13:24, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Discussion about template limits

Something needs to be done as the template limits for the page were exceeded on March 1 due to the sheer number of citations. The page either needs to be trimmed down or split. The reflist template shows up as a wikilink now instead of actually showing a list of all the references and it is now impossible to click on references now. Another possibility is to remove or edit Template:2019–20 coronavirus outbreak data/International medical cases. The page is about the outbreak by "country and territory", not by "country and territory" and by "date." I am hoping we can come together to form a consensus as quickly as possible because not having access to the references is un-wikipedia.  Bait30  Talk? 04:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I have removed the large template of daily confirmed cases and deaths and replaced it with a link to the template instead. Reflist and the Navbox are working again. Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 06:52, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
@Darylgolden: Thanks so much! That's a good solution. Can't believe I didn't think of that.  Bait30  Talk? 17:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

About N.Korea?

A lot of case in China, S.Korea, Japan, but nothing from N.Korea.

Question: is this related to the lack of info? N.Korea government has ever released informations about their situation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.11.3.98 (talk) 13:41, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

@62.11.3.98: Lack of public info. Yug (talk) 21:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Egypt: ready to split soon

Egypt looks like being somewhat like the Iran case - a country with a limited form of democracy and an authoritarian government where authoritarian rules or the fear of upsetting superiors prevents information from circulating properly. The difference here is that the claim is 20 lab-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases rather than at least 50 COVID-19 deaths in a single city (Qom in Iran a week or so ago). But the transmissions apparently from Egypt to other countries probably indicate much bigger numbers than just 20 lab-confirmed cases.

So it's probably worth splitting off an Egypt article soon - as more info leaks or if WHO decides that Egypt is a priority concern and helps bring test kits and insists that they're used, the lab-confirmed count seems very likely to grow quickly, given the sources we have in the article right now. Boud (talk) 00:03, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Slovenia case

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-slovenia/slovenia-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R33X StickyKeys (talk) 21:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Cases in French outer territories in Caribbean

Actually, three of the 130 cases registered in France are located in fact in the French outer territories in the Caribbean : 2x in Saint Martin (French side of the island) and 1x in Saint Barthélemy, see here (in French) > [1] : do you think we must distinguish them ? For me, yes. ManuelParis (talk) 12:26, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/sante/premiers-cas-dch)e-coronavirus-confirmes-en-outre-mer-a-saint-martin-et-saint-barthelemy_2119737.html
I would prefer to list them separateley like the case Mainland China – Hong Kong – Macao. It is better to list separately France – Saint Martin – Saint Barthélemy. Otherwise we would have an inconsistence between what is defined as a region or territory. More commons are welcome. --2A02:8108:41C0:4888:A9C2:5A8B:DBC:7F58 (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
I think that we should hold a wide discussion on this issue. Another anomaly Faroe Islands is listed under Denmark as a sub-section. I think that this is the best option and we should do the same for other autonomous territories no matter its geography. Even semi-autonomous territories such as Saint Martin should be listed underneath its official nation. As such, Hong Kong should be listed under "China" not "Mainland China". What does everyone else think? JMonkey2006 (talk) 09:25, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


French Guiana is fully part of France and it has 5 Coronavirus confirmed cases

Considering the image on the infobox, there is someone constantly putting French Guiana in gray, considering that it doesn't have coronavirus confirmed cases. This is twice wrong:

  • There are 5 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. Source: Cinq cas de Coronavirus confirmés en Guyane (France Info).
  • French Guiana is fully part of France, its status is the same as Alaska or Hawaii with the US. It's NOT a semi-autonomous territories like would be Guam or American Samoa. As such, French Guianese cases are counted in the total of confirmed cases in France. There will NEVER be a specific line in WHO situation reports specifying "French Guiana" as a territory or whatever you guys imagine.

I insist on the fact that, just like Madeira and the Azores are part of Portugal, the Canary Islands are part of Spain, Alaska and Hawaii are part of the US, France can't be divided and the French regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion and Mayotte should be coloured the same as the rest of the country. Because it's indeed at that scale that confirmed cases in France are counted, both in communications from French official authorities and from UN WHO reports. Metropolitan (talk) 11:33, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, this is related to wiki.commons, not en.wiki, and since you've started a discussion on at wiki.commons, it is perhaps worth trying to keep any discussion in one place: discussion at wiki.commons. I've added a comment over there. 62.107.211.90 (talk) 13:18, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

"Origin" of virus (infobox)

An IP-user changed the place of origin from the virus in many individual articles on outbreak by country (f.i. from 'Italy' to 'Wuhan'), and I sense that it is not how the template is supposed to be used. Could someone please take a look at the edits of this one-issue user? I think information is being corrupted, but I'm not completely sure and will not take further action myself. Thanks, greetings, Eissink (talk) 00:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC).

Another IP'er today does similar edits, changing all origins to Wuhan. Eissink (talk) 14:41, 5 March 2020 (UTC).

Remove Iran Map in Iran Subarticle thingy

The point of the map that is all red now was supposed to show what provinces are affected and what are not. Well, since they are all infected, there isn't really a point of it existing. The one below that is shaded in different colors should be the only map that remains because it at least provides a purpose. StickyKeys (talk) 15:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

UK,115 people as of 5 March 2020, 4pm, with coronavirus,please update

UK, 115 people as of 5March 2020, 4pm with coronavirus,please update

See links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51747782

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/05/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-germany-pandemic-europe-uk-us-australia-india-update-latest-news — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 16:31, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

5 new cases confirmed in Georgia

On March 5th, 2020, Head of the National Centre for Disease Control of Georgia has confirmed five new cases. He said, all of the five people belong to the same cluster who travelled together to Italy and returned to Georgia on Sunday. Source — Preceding unsigned comment added by RabbitHunter (talk • contribs) 18:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Faroe Islands/Denmark

I think the list should reflect that the number from Denmark includes as of now one case in the Faroe Islands, and potentially also might include cases in Greenland. Either by adding the Faroese flag besides the Danish one, or by adding a note. I haven't edited here for a very long time, so I do not want to venture being bold. 94.145.22.197 (talk) 21:31, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Germany data is wrong

Germany cases should be: 482 and Total recoveries: 16 Pk28zace (talk) 22:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Recoveries: 16 Pk28zace (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Cases in relation to country population?

In the "Outbreak by country and territory" - would it not be of relevance to create a additonal column that relates number of confirmed cases to country population. E.g number of cases per 100.000 user population? Data could be taken from https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.66.122.33 (talk) 13:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Bring Back the Total Number of Countries Affected

It will be easier to digest how many countries are affected by actually providing the number instead of just the word "totals". StickyKeys (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Outbreak by country and territory

What app to the table with distribution of infected/deceased/healed?! Nadar71 (talk) 07:30, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Distribution by country I mean Nadar71 (talk) 07:31, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Japan's number of death is wrong

Japan's number of death should exclude diamond princess cruise ship (7). There is a double count in the table. The correct number of death in Japan is 10, not 17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.229.243.219 (talk) 01:16, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Please change the key in the beginning of the article

It is currently outdated as the key only lists 1000+ but does not list the 10000+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Humiebees (talk • contribs) 00:30, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Croatia - BiH - Serbia

The information about 12 cases in Bosnia and herzegovina is not correct! Serbia has 12 cases (5 new) and Bosnia has 7 cases. Croatia has 16 cases. Please improve data. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.156.157.197 (talk) 10:59, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Origin and Arrival in infoboxes by country

For the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the Netherlands infobox I have proposed an additional information for the infobox. Some editors insert Wuhan, China on every 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory, and some want to put as an origin the source for the first local cases. For Poland it was Germany, for Netherlands it was Lombardy, Italy and so on. So currently under Origin in Netherlands we have both: Wuhan, China (globally) and Lombardy, Italy (first local cases). This can alleviate unnecessary edit warring between editors for this spot and give readers more clue as to the local transfer of infecion and it's global origin at the same time. Maybe there could be additional parameter in infobox Arrival for outside source. YBSOne (talk) 11:19, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 17:36, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Relative count

Can anyone add a new column with relative count (percentage) into the table? Deaths/absolute_cout*100 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mapo2195 (talk • contribs) 12:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Such on page maths seems technically impossible or impractical. Sun Creator(talk) 19:54, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
I think what you are looking for is a column of ratios and per capita rates to allow for some context. It is a good idea because it is needed to illustrate relative success rates. What you seem to be looking for are: death rate (deaths/cases), Recovery rate (recoveries/cases), infection rate (cases/country population). Jeffery Thomas 18:46, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

add per country fatality rate

In the table, Pandemic by country and territory, please add per country fatality rate, Deaths/Reported cases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Defalias (talk • contribs) 21:45, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It's a largely meaningless ratio as long as the outbreak is ongoing. --mfb (talk) 23:17, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

We should split semi-autonomous territories from their parent countries in the table (for easier consistency in numbers, & the safety of readers)

Raising the issue (as some users express wanting to do before) that I think we should split the semi-autonomous territories from their parent countries in the table (e.g. listing French Guiana, Martinique, etc. separately from France; listing Faroe Islands separately from Denmark, etc.).

  1. It would make for clearer standards on what we do and don't split – as Jersey, Guernsey, Hong Kong, and Macao are already separate (due to their status, I think). We would have a much clearer rule of where the line is drawn.
  2. Additionally, it would make the numbers consistent with the reliable sources that do list them separately – both in the total number of territories and in the cases within those countries. We wouldn't need to worry about double-counting or accidentally forgetting to add them to the numbers. A lot of confusion has arisen (from both editors and readers) on why our numbers are off from sources like the JHmap (the source we use as our reference), or whether we've either double-counted or forgotten to count those territories.
  3. Some of these territories are in completely different continents and geographic locations as their parent countries. (French Guiana is practically on the opposite side of the world from France!) It's harder to paint the metaphorical geographic picture of where the outbreak is spreading fastest when numbers are lumped in with the parts of the country on the other side of the globe.
  4. There are people all around the world reading, checking, and updating the main page of 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak every single day. In lumping the territories with their parent countries, a user in one of those territories might not realize the severity of the outbreak within their home territory if they assume the numbers are all from the mainland, OR in the opposite case might think the outbreak has already reached their territory when it hasn't, etc. I'm not doing a great job of explaining, but you know what I mean.

I'd argue that it would be much clearer for people to see where the outbreak is actually spreading or not spreading if we're not combining the territories that reside thousands of miles away with their parent country. Thoughts? Paintspot Infez (talk) 17:31, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Why don't we just have the territories as subrows of their parent country? Group Macao and Hong Kong with China, Guernsey and Jersey with UK, etc. while still displaying their individual counts plus the total. (JoelleJay (talk) 03:38, 12 March 2020 (UTC))

Sort order of the by country and territory table

Should the Pandemic by country and territory table be sorted by deaths instead of cases? Given the under-reporting of cases it seems to me that the figures for deaths are likely to be (a) more indicative of the extent of the outbreak, and (b) more indicative of the impact? For the same reasons, should the deaths column come before the cases column? Batternut (talk) 06:10, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Deaths are a delayed measure of the outbreak, but with the large difference in test coverage it might be better to use that, yes. Downside: At the level of 0-2 deaths it's a largely random sorting. --mfb (talk) 06:19, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
I'd use the number of cases as the second sort key, though not sure if the table supports two keys. I suspect the frequency of 0-2 deaths may well reduce over the coming months. Batternut (talk) 20:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Oh sure, cases as secondary key (it's the sorting in the source code, so any order works) but you get countries with 500 cases and 1 death (big outbreak, explosion of new cases) below countries with 5 cases and 2 deaths (because it happened to hit some older couple returning to the country). Yeah, most likely a problem that "solves" itself over time. --mfb (talk) 20:39, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

French Polynesia

You need powers that be who we cannot see to add French Polynesia; one confirmed case [1]

  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/pacific-islands-hit-by-first-coronavirus-case-after-mp-met-infected-french-minister-french-polynesia
Part of France? --mfb (talk) 03:46, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Part of France but an external department It is considered a overseas collectivity of the French Republic as well as the sole overseas country of France.. and the case is not meaningless to them

Thailand cases are now 82

Source: https://pr.moph.go.th/?url=pr/detail/2/04/139908/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bennypc (talk • contribs) 10:26, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Wrong total

The Total does not balance the figures of the countries. Currently the sum is said to be 113 605 cases, but the sum is actually 114 091. 213.67.241.199 (talk) 03:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

And since your edit, the total changed again. And before you edit again it will change again...... Sun Creator(talk) 03:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
So you think it is OK that the total of a table does not match the rows?????????????? 213.67.241.199 (talk) 03:39, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Yes. If you watch the source carefully, you will notice it is often incorrect. Sun Creator(talk) 03:49, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
The total in the source is in balance with the rows. However, the table at Wikipedia does not follow the source. For instance the number of cases in Korea is way to high compared with the source. Furter, the source is made by programmers. The sum is of course a calculated figure. Why do you not take this seriously? 213.67.241.199 (talk) 04:35, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Naturally the figures changes several times a day, but strangely enough, Wikipedia has higher figures than the alleged source. I assume that some of the figures are not really from the source...
Territory Source Wikipedia
South Korea 7478 7513 (too high)
France 1209 1412 (too high)
Spain 1073 1230 (too high)
US 822 805 (too low)
Japan 530 511
Singapore 150 160 (too high)
Australia 91 115 (too high)
Denmark 90 92
Ireland 90 91 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.111.125.201 (talk) 11:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
213.67.241.199 (talk) 04:47, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Each territory has a reference after the name, which can track down the exception. So South Korea currently has this. France has a hatnote - " Includes cases overseas in French Guiana, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.", Spain has this and like wise the others are covered with inline references. If you are interested check https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries as most of the day it is more up to date then the JHU source. Sun Creator(talk) 04:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
OK The table is not 100% accurate... What I want is to keep track of each country each morning, to make curves for individual countries. I guess https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries fits my purposes better. Thanks for the link. 213.67.241.199 (talk) 05:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
If you want daily data and not live numbers then use the daily WHO situation reports https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports Sun Creator(talk) 05:14, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Corona in moroco

مرحبا، الصحراء الغربية هي تحت السيطرة المغربية، لذلك فهي جزء منه، لذلك فيجب وضع المغرب مع صحرائه و ونو (talk) 12:32, 14 March 2020 (UTC)ليس عزلها في الصورة

Capricious country/territory number in table

Why is this number constantly changing back and forth within a short timeframe? Over a couple hours today people have changed it from 137 to 150 to 138, and these large swings seem to happen every day. It is very confusing to readers! Is the disagreement over counting UN member states vs territories? (JoelleJay (talk) 21:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC))

Looks like it. As an example, the table lists Puerto Rico separately, although people there have a US passport and it's covered in 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States. --mfb (talk) 21:33, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Nigeria, 2 coronavirus index case recovered as of 13 March 2020, both have been certified free to rejoin society, please update. Please update.

Nigeria clears all two index case of coronavirus as of 13 March 2020, both have been certified free to rejoin society, please update. please update.

See links:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/covid-19-index-case-contacts-to-be-released-from-next-week-fg/amp/

https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-south-africa-confirms-first-case/

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/381684-coronavirus-nigerias-second-confirmed-case-recovers-tests-negative.html

https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-south-africa-confirms-first-case/

Please sign discussion comments so people know who wrote what. The news just say that they didn't find new cases, this doesn't mean the two patients would have recovered. --mfb (talk) 21:34, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 March 2020

Change the number of cases in Nigeria to 3 Oladinpeter (talk) 10:38, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

 Already done Interstellarity (talk) 15:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 March 2020

In Poland we have 205 cases, 5 deaths. 37.128.98.115 (talk) 11:04, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

 Already done The data has updated since then. Next time, please provide reliable sources that support your change. Interstellarity (talk) 15:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 March 2020

Change Philippines deaths from 14 to 17

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/18/20/coronavirus-philippines-covid19-cases-deaths 114.75.122.199 (talk) 23:24, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

 Already done The data has updated since then.Alexcalamaro (talk) 05:44, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject COVID-19

I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:53, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

error in sum

there is an error in the sum ... check it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:6BF1:3780:917:6BBF:D835:55BF (talk) 19:01, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

There are many sums, a more specific statement would help. --mfb (talk) 06:43, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Finland’s recoveries

Finland now has 10 recoveries instead of only 1 can someone fix this? Mononyan (talk) 19:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Someone updated it. --mfb (talk) 06:48, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Where is map showing Corona virus sights and those cities that are now free of the virus?

I have been following the World Map showing where the virus is and where it is now fee disappeared today. This was the best way I could find to determine when this tragic event will end. Yesterday it showed large portions of China and Korea are that had the virus are now free of it . That map disappeared from this sight today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:241:2:EDE0:78EF:BB6A:9AF5:2AEB (talk) 14:49, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

here is the link[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.174.186.239 (talk) 08:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Template:2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_data/Map_(dots)

Why was cases/million world map removed?

It was useful as it indicates the per capita cases. Epoch23 (talk) 13:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

OK. I read from edit log, that it's due to (iran, Russia off by 10 factors)

But such map should make sense, where just number of cases baring total population is less useful. Epoch23 (talk) 13:33, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Denmark 's dead.

Denmark now has 4 dead instead of only 1 can someone fix this ? 20:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC).

Source : http://nyheder.tv2.dk/2020-03-15-studie-saa-laenge-overlever-coronavirus-i-luften-og-paa-metal-plast-og-pap Florian Duboeuf (talk) 19:09, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 March 2020

I suggest to add an external link: there is currently lots of visualizations showing the spread of Corona by region, but that's not accessible to all users. To broaden accessibility, we are putting that data online via a voice interface which can be found here: https://databyvoice.com/corona.html . Currently support for Chrome browsers, we are extending that. Itrummer (talk) 03:23, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Interstellarity (talk) 15:07, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Plots with cases and death per capita for the most affected countries

There are now very many countries affected. In most cases absolute numbers are used which neglects small countries. I adapted a Python script to be able to make plots with cases and death per capita automatically for the most affected countries: https://github.com/RainerWinkler/COVID-19-plot. I Uploaded the plots for the current top 10 countries.

Top 10 Countries Cases
Top 10 Countries Deaths

There are six more plots on above link till rank 40 currently. It is easy to see which small countries are now also affected. The plots are easy to be adapted and can be generated by all users. The data is from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. Will such a plot be helpful here? Malanoqa (talk) 20:03, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Some countries are so small that a few cases or a single death leads to a massive jump in the graph. Have a family of 3 travel to Monaco with the infection and it looks like the outbreak explodes due to these three extra cases. I don't think it is useful to include these countries, their numbers are dominated by random chance. --mfb (talk) 01:45, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
I posted the same question now also in the talk page of the general article Talk:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic#Plots with cases and death per capita for the most affected countries. Malanoqa (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Display

Attention article & code writers: Left hand columns of tables are cut off and not displaying correctly on smartphones Comtos (talk) 15:42, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

The table updating

The table isn' being updated properly and regularly. I have found from San Marino reference that their deaths numbers is reached to 14; but in the table it is 11 yet. Unfortunately I am unable to edit the table. Please edit San Marino and every other wrong numbers. Aminabzz (talk) 18:12, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Per head

To me it appears interesting to know the percentage of people who got infected in a certain country. Does the 31000 of Italy compare in any way with the 80000 in China, and how is that with the other countries? --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:10, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Sounds interesting. It is good to add to table Aminabzz (talk) 18:14, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

3rd death confirmed in Turkey.

A former General is dead from Covid-19 today. Confirmed by hospital officials. Source: https://www.mynet.com/bashekimlik-duyurdu-aytac-yalman-koronavirus-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti-110106478015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blamethrower35 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 19 March 2020 (UTC)


The article is linking to multiple Web sites visualizing Corona spread data. We were thinking about how to make that same data accessible for visually impaired users as well. We have a voice interface (currently tested for Chrome browsers) running here: https://databyvoice.com/corona.html

E.g., press any key and ask "How is the situation in Europe?" or "how many cases in New York?" and it summarizes the most recent data via voice output. We're taking data from sources such as CDC or WHO and it's updated daily.

I think it might make sense to add this as external link - do we have consensus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itrummer (talk • contribs) 17:10, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

@Itrummer: How often does this update? I know you said daily but the reason I'm asking is for example right now the CDC says the United States has 10,442 cases but the page when asked says 7,700 cases. When I ask about West Virginia which has 5 confirmed cases [1] the voice page says there is 1 case confirmed. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 06:51, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
@Alucard 16: We update daily (in the morning according to EDT) using the daily reports published by Johns Hopkins, see here [2] for the most recent one (they upload the report for the previous day at around midnight). This one reports only two cases in West Virginia for the moment. We are currently extending the data that can be accessed with the interface, we're also in contact with the ACB with regards to making the interface work together better with screen readers.
@Alucard 16: Just wanted to verify whether the answer above was sufficient? In summary, we update every day, for the moment this is the newest daily report available from Johns Hopkins: [3] Please let us know in case of further questions.
 Not done: reactivate request if necessary Goldsztajn (talk) 18:36, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Fiji second case?

Fiji has just recorded its second case of coronavirus! FBC News Naimatau (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

German Source less than ideal

Although all the daily newspapers are doing there own reporting, the only clinical and hence reliable information comes from the Robert Koch Institute. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/478220a4c454480e823b17327b2bf1d4/page/page_0/ shows the number as of midnight the preceeding night. These figures, as do any, understate, but are more reliable than using the Morgenpost numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwasheim (talk • contribs) 11:35, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Impact

[1]

  • 49 countries with 100+ cases. In most countries it took 20 days to reach 100
  • 16 countries with 1000+ cases. From 100 to 1000 it took 9 days in most countries
  • 4 countries with 10000+ cases. From 1000 to 10000 it took 9 days in most countries

Most affected countries - Top 20

Most affected countries - Top 20

Most affected countries - Next 20

Coronavirus - Most affected countries - Next 20 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Novel Coronavirus 2019 - Situation Updates". WHO. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
 Done Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 07:20, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Aligning by the first confirmed case is basically meaningless and smells of WP:OR. Take real time, find a reputable source doing this analysis, or don't do it. --mfb (talk) 08:28, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

 Undone: This request has been undone. Please see this revision as per Mfb needs to be discussed in more detail before implementation. Please do not repopen another edit request unless there is a consensus to implement this request. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 08:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Is WHO not a reputable source?. And it is not meaningless but just basic common sense.

Givingbacktosociety I have no opinion on the merit of your edit request (I haven't had time to look at it in depth), but as a purely administrative matter, the edit request process needs to be reserved for uncontested requests. Since there has been some opposition expressed to your proposal, it needs to be discussed further to reach consensus before it can be implemented. Sdkb (talk) 04:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

I have already responed to the comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Givingbacktosociety (talk • contribs) 05:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

The numbers are not questioned. The presentation is. If the WHO made these plots then you should show where (and don't claim them as your own work). --mfb (talk) 02:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Updates to SVG Files

More a Wikicommons question, but thought I'd post here given the traffic. Currently using a computer without Photoshop, anyone know how to update the SVG map(s) with another resource? Those on this page, and related ones — e.g., 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Asia — are terribly outdated. --(Moshe) מֹשֶׁה‎ 19:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

In principle you can update SVG files with a text editor. It can be a bit awkward, but small changes like changing a color of a country work fine if someone commented the source code. --mfb (talk) 02:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Cook Islands?

According the per capita map, the Cook Islands are shown as having Covid19 present. The timeline of the map indicates it was added to the map on March 19. I can find no media reports of this. And the Cook Islands are not on the table of cases/deaths. So is it there? Or not? Either the map should remove it, or the table should include it (probably under New Zealand, noted by footnote). Ptilinopus (talk) 04:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Statistical information

Hello, I would like to suggest to show information about statistic numbers such as average age of deaths, sex incidence... There are insufficient statistic figures. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.39.214.62 (talk) 12:49, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 March 2020

Serbia has 1 death in Novi Sad, a 59 year old male from Kikinda. You should update your death map. 109.245.36.72 (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
@EvergreenFir: WHO situation report has the death in Serbia. --mfb (talk) 02:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)


https://lietuva.lt/en/lithuanias-response-to-covid-19/ - On March 20, Lithuania confirmed its first coronavirus death after an elderly woman died in Ukmerge.
It is already listed in numbers data and references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.56.84.144 (talk) 13:16, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2020

Hello Wikipedia, I was browsing this article when I noticed that a figure in the data table is incorrect and not up to date, so I am wondering if I may update it. It is the figure for confirmed Irish cases. Currently on the data table it shows 785 cases, however the number has recently changed to 906 cases. Thank you. Fungebob (talk) 18:45, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: This is an edit request for Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data where the table comes from. People there keep things updated, but a delay of a day can happen. --mfb (talk) 01:33, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 17 March 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: CONSENSUS TO NOT MOVE to "Epidemiology of COVID-19". Closing a little early as WP:SNOW to remove banner from high-profile page. RobLa (talk) 22:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)


2019–20 coronavirus pandemic by country and territory → Epidemiology of COVID-19 – Currently there is no page for the epidemiology on COVID-19. Having a single page with this information seems to make much more sense than embedding the same images in a lot of places, and crowding up the main 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. This page isn't about international responses, so this title seems more appropriate. GeekInParadise (talk) 20:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Confirmed deaths map outdated

The confirmed deaths map, despite the statement to be as of 22nd March, is several days outdated. Red represents countries with cases but no deaths. A number of countries with cases have not been added, including Cape Verde, Angola, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Isle of Man, Haiti, East Timor. And of countries with deaths (black), Mauritius, Ghana, Paraguay, DR Congo, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Colombia, Singapore, Finland, Chile, Israel are all marked in red, and should be black, since all have deaths recorded. And Russia is in black indicating a death, but it has none. If the map cannot be kept current, what is its purpose? Ptilinopus (talk) 10:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Most of these things have been fixed recently. According to the table Russia had a death which was not officially recognized. --mfb (talk) 01:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Only a few have been fixed. Of those I said had not been added, Cape Verde, Angola, Haiti, and East Timor are still missing; add to that countries more recently added to the table: Mozambique, Dominica, Grenada, Syria, Eritrea. Of those I mentioned above which had deaths, but are still red, nothing has changed. More recent deaths have occurred in Gambia, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Montenegro, Mauritius, Nigeria, Andorra, Costa Rica, North Macedonia. All are still red. And apart from Russia, whose current status is 0 deaths, 5 other entities on the table are coloured black, but have no deaths: Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Croatia and Slovakia. If no-one has the time or ability to keep the map current, its purpose is doubtful. Ptilinopus (talk) 14:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks to the editor(s) for a huge improvement! All the newly added countries are present! Almost all the countries with deaths are now in black (1 exception - Israel is still red). The area still to be updated is the countries and territories marked black for deaths, but which have none recorded: Russia, Croatia, Slovakia, and the territories remote from their mother country: Reunion, Puerto Rico, Guam, French Guiana, Mayotte. Again, thanks for the hard work. But in the interests of accuracy... Ptilinopus (talk) 00:56, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands (BVI) is missing on countries list, it currently has no confirmed cases — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfrost2020 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

It is territory. Here are many territories without cases. May be it is idea for table "Territories without confirmed cases". Mircea (talk) 13:51, 24 March 2020 (UTC) Done

First case(s) of coronavirus in Transnistria

The information in the summary text under the "Europe" header speaks of the first case (or two cases?) in Transnistria having occurred on 21 March. Could somebody please give a source for this information? Thanks. --CRau080 (talk) 21:01, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

two cases. [4] [5] Mircea (talk) 09:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC) Done

Mali first cases

Mali first cases 90.209.134.27 (talk) 11:25, 25 March 2020 (UTC) : Done

Iran statistics

We have official Iranian statistics sooner than anyone. But we are not allowed to edit. And you include unofficial and fake statistics from Iran. Or, if the statistics are correct, it's too late to edit. Amirho3einx (talk) 12:17, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

First confirmed case timeline by country / territory?

Could we get a first confirmed case by country timeline? Seeing the day each country reported their first confirmed case will be informative epidemiologically / politically. There are various timeline templates on other global affairs pages (same sex marriage, capital punishment) that would fit the format well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.88.230.25 (talk) 23:57, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

The first confirmed case is rarely the begin of the spread in that country. --mfb (talk) 11:50, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Iran deaths

Number of Iran deaths is incorrect. The actual number is 2077 which is 143 cases more than yesterday statistics which was 1934. 2206 is, in fact, the number of new confirmed cases. Aminabzz (talk) 13:10, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Howls of derision: The number of 'Iran deaths' is indeed incorrect. It is being grossly underreported by the Iranian government. As early as 10 March 8% of Iranian MPs were Coronavirus positive, suggesting a true case load in the millions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/irans-coronavirus-problem-lot-worse-it-seems/607663/
Burial pits were visible from space as earl as 13 March. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-burial-pits-iran-grown-so-fast-see-from-space-2020-3?op=1&r=US&IR=T
It is now two weeks later.... 2206? Don't make me laugh. [user:1812ahill] 92.6.229.42 (talk) 07:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
You can't extrapolate from a group that is well-connected to other countries, meets many people and travels a lot to the whole country. --mfb (talk) 11:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Add Antarctica to unaffected list?

Would it be worth adding Antarctica to the following list? It's an inhabited territory after all, even though it's not a country per se. Sorry if this has already been discussed and decided against! https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_country_and_territory#Entities_without_confirmed_cases Aaa taxo 2017 (talk) 10:57, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

It is not a country. Beshogur (talk) 11:18, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
The section is now broader. It's an entity. It doesn't fit in the subsections but Antarctica can be mentioned directly in the introduction of that part. --mfb (talk) 11:49, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback, both! I'd also just add that, even if Antarctica isn't a country in the full definition, if there were to be any infections detected there, Antarctica would somehow be included on the main data about this pandemic. Otherwise, how would those infections be counted? Aaa taxo 2017 (talk) 16:21, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and added Antarctica under Other inhabited territories in the following format:
# Territory Population Continent Status
1 Antarctica 1,000−5,000 Antarctica Governed by the Antarctic Treaty System

Feedback and/or improvement are welcome! Aaa taxo 2017 (talk) 15:55, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Israel Bold or normal?

Should the name of Israel be written boldly? It is also a country which some countries doesn't recognize. Aminabzz (talk) 21:29, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Why bold? I don't see other bolded countries. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:45, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
All countries and other places are written with normal font. International recognition doesn't matter. But even if it would: It's only a small number of countries that don't recognize Israel. --mfb (talk) 06:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

United Kingdom

The number of UK deaths and thus the total deaths are incorrect. Aminabzz (talk) 21:39, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Please be more specific. Is it just a missing daily updates? That will come. --mfb (talk) 06:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2020

Change the UK death toll to 759. Smartcookie104 (talk) 17:12, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

It's 760 in the table, I don't know the source for 759 but it is close enough to not take action. Note that the table is coming from Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data, changes to the table should be requested there. --mfb (talk) 06:03, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2020

change the date to the 27th Cokibdoki (talk) 21:17, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Not done. It's unclear where, and in most of the world it's the 28th already. --mfb (talk) 06:04, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Fatality rate column

Why isn’t there a fatality rate column? Can anyone please add?

Divided by confirmed cases? That ratio isn't very helpful early in the spread. Divided by capita? That would be possible. You can add it! Is just a lot of annoying work to set up because you need to get all the population numbers. --mfb (talk) 06:07, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

How many countries and territories

Here is number 168 in text and 177 in the table. What does mean this difference? Mircea (talk) 11:41, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Now it's 181 and 182. Close enough, I would say. --mfb (talk) 06:08, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

"Confirmed deaths from COVID-19 by country and territory" map

This map seems sort of silly and arbitrary. Does it really help the reader to know which countries have seen a single death from COVID? Doesn't seem particularly helpful especially given that all countries very likely will or have seen someone die. What information is the reader meant to glean from this? NickCT (talk) 18:32, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Death count map

The death count map isn't as helpful as a "per cap" map would be. Anyone mind if I swap the current death count map out with a "per cap" version (i.e. File:COVID-19 Outbreak World Map Total Deaths per Capita.svg)? NickCT (talk) 18:54, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2020

could you please add Bouvet Island,Peter I Island,baker island,howland island,jarvis island,johnston atoll,kingman reef,midway atoll,navassa island,wake island,bajo nuevo bank,seranilla bank,palmyra atoll,french southern and antarctic lands, and rotuma to your list of territories without coronavirus. Cokibdoki (talk) 17:40, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Done. I've added United States Minor Outlying Islands, which encompasses Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston, Kingman, Midway, Navassa, Palmyra, and Wake, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and Rotuma. Bouvet, Peter I, Bajo Nuevo, and Seranilla are uninhabited. EternalNomad (talk) 19:13, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Sourcing for Entities without confirmed cases

I am a bit concerned about the lack of sourcing of the Entities without confirmed cases section. For the countries and a few of the more populated regions I could find sources relatively easily, but many of the territories listed are quite obscure and sparsely populated. One IAR-ish way to get around is to use Worldometers as a default source, which also lists dependent territories, except it is not clear if the list is exhaustive. Another solution, which I think adheres more closely to Wikipedia policy, is to only allow entries that have reliable sources stating they are COVID-free; in this case we also need to decide how recent the source needs to be or add an "as of" column. EternalNomad (talk) 19:37, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Can somebody edit the template?

The current number of recovered people in Argentina is of 72. TheTrueGilben (talk) 17:50, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

A source for that number would help. Anyway, it's something for Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data. --mfb (talk) 06:05, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
This page shows the stats for every day. The number of recovered people is of 80 now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.194.234.224 (talk) 23:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Entities without confirmed cases

The Norwegian region Jan Mayen is unfortunately not mentioned. Why?--2A02:8108:41C0:4CF8:A9C2:5A8B:DBC:7F58 (talk) 12:17, 29 March 2020 (UTC) Done

Cases per capita?

Might be an interesting column in the "Pandemic by country and territory" table. What do you think? --mfb (talk) 23:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps adding a column for total population of the country and one showing the pro mil infected would be useful. Haider254 (talk) 12:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

+1 Epoch23 (talk) 13:37, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

World map with per capita count makes sense. Epoch23 (talk) 13:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Very much endorse! Engelhardt (talk) 05:00, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

someone might check the math on the cases per capita for the US on the color coded mapAxelhose (talk) 21:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)Axelhose

Support! Incidence rate is normally calculated in terms of at-risk population over given period of time. So it's useful to give the context of the at-risk population if we are listing country. It's similar to GDP and GDP per capita.64.18.152.49 (talk) 15:11, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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