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- The first confirmed case is for the US on 1/22/20 followed by France on 1/24/20, Germany on 1/27/20 and Italy 1/31/20.
- The first death was for Italy on 2/21/20 (at this time 20 confirmed cases had been recorded for Italy) followed by the US on 2/28 (at this time 24 cases had been recorded for the US).
- In confirmed cases per million population, the US leads the European countries by a wide margin. The runner up is Spain followed closely by Belgium.
- It is noticeable that all 8 European Union countries flattened the curve of confirmed cases/million population in early May and held it until July with Romania being the first of the 8 EU to experience a renewed increase. The US has on the other has has yet to substantially flatten its curve.
- Looking at the deaths/million population, Belgium leads followed by Spain and Italy, with the US rapidly catching up with Italy. Poland and Germany have the lowest deaths/million population.
- A;; countries have passed the peak of deaths/confirmed cases with Italy having recently taken the lead from Belgium and France. The US and Poland have the lowest deaths/confirmed.
Southern Hemisphere countries with big outbreaks 9/2/2020
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