So as cases continue to rise around the world, most rapidly in the USA, how are Ireland doing? Cases and deaths continue to rise here although at a lower rate. The country is in near complete lock-down so a slowdown is inevitable and unsurprising.
The largest number of cases by far occur in Dublin and its neighbouring counties, followed by Cork. It is no wonder that communities in the fest of Ireland do not want to see holiday makers visit their rural and seaside communities bringing the virus with them, to towns and villages that do not have easy access to health services.
How are we doing in comparison to other countries?
Comparing the Irish statistics to other countries of similar sizes and population and then adjusting for population, we see that we are average for the amount of deaths. We are doing quite badly when it comes to cases. In this group, we are second only to Switzerland(who neighbour one of the worst affected countries, Italy). But if you see that our ranking for deaths is much lower than for cases we can assume that our health service is doing a great job at keeping people alive and helping them recover.
The Netherlands seems to be faring very badly, with a large loss of life. Perhaps this is related to a high population density, maybe with an under reporting of cases until those cases die.
A reminder that you can create your own charts and comparisons at the link below.
http://analytics.richardfitzsimons.ie/sample-apps/corona/
Data supplied from
https://data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data/dataset/covid-19-coronavirus-data/resource/55e8f966-d5c8-438e-85bc-c7a5a26f4863
https://data.gov.ie/dataset