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COVID-19 Update 5 March 2020

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Today's biggest headline:

Australians are literally fighting to the death over toilet paper, while Iran has set 54,000 prisoners free.

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Today's Biggest Developments

  • Toilet roll stockpiling turned deadly in Australia when a woman pulled out a knife in the supermarket aisle.
  • Iran has temporarily freed 54,000 inmates to combat the spread of the disease in overcrowded jails. They've all pinky-promised to come back when it's over.
  • Italy, with over 3,000 confirmed cases, has closed all schools and universities until 15 March.
  • Coronavirus dealt a death blow to already-sickly UK airline Flybe, which has collapsed into administration. Airlines expect to lose $113B globally.
  • California saw its first death yesterday and declared a state of emergency.
  • American mortgage rates have hit a record low after the Fed reduced rates by 50 basis points earlier this week.
  • 1,000 New Yorkers have been asked to self-quarantine after a thirteen-person cluster broke out.
  • The American Congress passed a spending bill to authorise $8.3B to combat the disease. These two voted no:
    • Andy Biggs of Arizona. You can contribute to his opponent's campaign here.
    • Ken Buck of Colorado. He's running unopposed.

    • You can help. Click here to see a list of charities supporting communities affected by the outbreak.

    The Latest Stats

    CONFIRMED CASES

    96,888

    +17.5% since last week

    CONFIRMED DEATHS

    3,305

    +17.5% since last week

    RECOVERIES

    53,638

    +61.5% since last week

    COVID-19 Growth Outside China

    Confirmed Cases by Country / Region

  • 80,422 Mainland China
  • 6,088 South Korea
  • 3,513 Iran
  • 3,089 Italy
  • 706 Others
  • 444 Germany
  • 377 France
  • 360 Japan
  • 248 Spain
  • 162 US
  • 117 Singapore
  • 105 Hong Kong
  • 95 Switzerland
  • 90 UK
  • 82 Netherlands
  • 72 Norway
  • 60 Sweden
  • 58 Kuwait
  • 55 Bahrain
  • 52 Australia
  • 50 Malaysia
  • 50 Belgium
  • 47 Thailand
  • 44 Taiwan
  • 37 Austria
  • 35 Canada
  • 35 Iraq
  • 34 Iceland
  • 31 Greece
  • 30 India
  • 28 United Arab Emirates
  • 21 San Marino
  • 16 Vietnam
  • 15 Oman
  • 15 Israel
  • 13 Lebanon
  • 12 Finland
  • 12 Algeria
  • 10 Macau
  • 10 Ecuador
  • 10 Denmark
  • 10 Croatia
  • 8 Czech Republic
  • 8 Portugal
  • 8 Qatar
  • 6 Azerbaijan
  • 6 Romania
  • 6 Ireland
  • 6 Belarus
  • 5 Pakistan
  • 5 Mexico
  • 4 Palestine
  • 4 Russia
  • 4 Senegal
  • 4 Brazil
  • 4 Georgia
  • 3 Saint Barthelemy
  • 3 New Zealand
  • 3 Philippines
  • 3 Estonia
  • 3 Egypt
  • 2 Saudi Arabia
  • 2 Slovenia
  • 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2 Indonesia
  • 2 Hungary
  • 2 Morocco
  • 1 Lithuania
  • 1 Cambodia
  • 1 Argentina
  • 1 North Macedonia
  • 1 Monaco
  • 1 Afghanistan
  • 1 Armenia
  • 1 Dominican Republic
  • 1 Ukraine
  • 1 South Africa
  • 1 Liechtenstein
  • 1 Faroe Islands
  • 1 Luxembourg
  • 1 Andorra
  • 1 Gibraltar
  • 1 Nigeria
  • 1 Chile
  • 1 Nepal
  • 1 Jordan
  • 1 Poland
  • 1 Latvia
  • 1 Tunisia
  • 1 Sri Lanka

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    Carter Hopkins

    Carter is a former US Army Ranger, US Army intelligence officer, and counterintelligence officer with the Defence Intelligence Agency. He has a BA in Political Science from UCLA and an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown.

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