The deadly coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, and you can use an online dashboard to keep up with all reported cases. The Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built a tool pulling in data from the World Health Organization, as well as the centers for disease control in the US, China and Europe. It shows all confirmed, suspected and recovered coronavirus patients, as well as deaths.

Coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has so far killed 23,709 people and infected over 526,000 as of 3:00 p.m. PT on March 26, according to the dashboard. Around 122,000 people have recovered.

Article Link – https://www.cnet.com/how-to/coronavirus-how-to-track-the-spread-across-the-world-as-cases-top-500000-asia-the-us-europe-australia-africa/

Discussion Questions:

1. Identify three key takeaways from the article. What did you find most interesting?
2. Here is the link to the Johns Hopkins cornavirus dashboard. How do you think dashboards like this can be used in the future?
3. Do you think this dashboard is a useful tool? Why or why not?

Source: Corinne Reichert, “ Coronavirus: How to track the spread across the world as cases top 500,00”, www.cnet.com, March 26, 2020.