Coronavirus update – April 14th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. Monday brought additional information pointing to evidence the coronavirus was active outside of China earlier than the WHO had previously indicated. Taiwan officials released a copy of a letter sent in December to the World Health Organization expressing concerns of a SARS like virus. Taiwan asked that all relevant information the WHO had on the virus be shared with them. It never was. This has called into further question the role of the WHO in preventing early detection and safety measures from being taken worldwide and comes amid a time President Trump has indicated that the US should pull back on funding the WHO. The United States pays more for the WHO than any other country including ten times more than China.
The overall pace of growth in cases in the United States continues to point to a possible peak this week, in-line with the most recent University of Washington projections – calling for a peak to occur Thursday. Florida’s current peak is expected to be reached on the 26th.
Worldwide:
- 1,929,121 – 119,754 deaths – 452,838 recovered
Nationally:
- 587,173 cases – 23,644 deaths – 36,948 recovered
Here’s where we now stand in Florida:
- 21,019 cases – 499 deaths (specific Florida recoveries aren’t disclosed)
We experienced more than 72,000 additional diagnosed cases and over 5,000 deaths worldwide Monday. In the United States, we had 27,000 new cases and greater than 1,500 deaths. The most disconcerting aspect of the virus remains the death/recovery rate based on closed cases. With greater than 572,000 closed cases, the death rate remained at 21% for a ninth consecutive day. This after having reached a low of 6%in early March. We’ve seen the death rate rise as the reach of the virus grows. The common pattern with the virus spreading is an increase in death rates with vulnerable early on, followed by improving rates overtime as people begin to recover.