On March 13, politicians were so confident the 200 COVID-19 cases were under control, we were all going to the football. Seven days later, borders were closed. Then businesses shut their doors. Then, we were all confined to our homes. What happened?
These charts track the number of new cases and deaths each day and are updated regularly with data fromThe pandemic is still accelerating after taking 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 infections. It took 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, four days to add another 100,000 and just three days to reach 400,000 on March 25. A week later, there were more than a million cases.
On March 10, the entire country was locked down. On March 24, the maximum penalty for Italians caught leaving their home for no good reason was lifted to €3000 , up from €206 . China has started lifting restrictions, with people allowed to leave Wuhan for the first time on Wednesday. Some cities, counties and states – including California and New York state – have put restrictions on citizens since mid-March, but the virus has spread widely.on March 24, refusing to "close the country", saying he “would love to have the country opened up, and just raring to go, by Easter”.
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