COVID-19 Epidemiology, Part 4

COVID-19 Epidemiology, Part 4

     The good news this morning, for the UK, is that the country seems at last to be learning how not to catch the new Corona-virus. The doubling-time (in days) for 'total reported cases' has climbed steadily from the 2nd of April and is now (midnight 8th April) at 9 days. (See graph)
     The bad news (for those living in the rural county of Northamptonshire) is that Northamptonshire seems to have learnt nothing to date; no doubt living in the fool's paradise of thinking that "there are no case here". Well, there are cases in Northants.; and they are doubling in number every 41/2 days. 

Graph: Doubling-time against date in April 2020

For doubling times and other terms and calculations see previous entries in this blog.
COVID-19 Epidemiology, Part 1
COVID-19 Epidemiology, Part 2
COVID-19 Epidemiology, Part 3