1 February 2021 Monday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 103,424,946 | 2,235,171 | 9,183 | 0.70 | 0.66 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,811 | 909 | 0 | 0.78 | 0.68 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 597 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,448 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,104 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,304 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 26,736,228 | 451,540 | 1,739 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,752,827 | 154,394 | 84 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,184,112 | 224,124 | 179 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,850,439 | 73,182 | 485 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,817,176 | 106,158 | 964 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,553,032 | 88,515 | 236 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,453,761 | 44,164 | 213 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6682 down 0.3% from the close from the previous close
The world has recorded 19,708,042 new Covid-19 cases in January.
It is 1 year since the first Covid-19 cases was confirmed in South Australia.
Western Australia has recorded a case of community transmission, and the Perth and Southern area of WA has been placed in a 5 day lockdown. We were lucky to leave when we did, retrospective quarantining has been implemented in South Australia if you had been to those parts of WA going back to 21st January 2021.
The trans-Tasman Bubble with New Zealand has been re-opened.
NSW has now gone 2 weeks without any local transmission of the virus.
The WHO team in China has inspected the Wuhan wet market suspected as being the source of the pandemic.
Approximately 6.5% of the population of the USA has had at least the first dose of the vaccine.
2 February 2021 Tuesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 103,833,188 | 2,245,050 | 9,879 | 0.77 | 0.72 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,818 | 909 | 0 | 1.20 | 1.01 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 596 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,449 | 820 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,110 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,303 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 26,855,977 | 453,373 | 1,833 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,767,159 | 154,521 | 127 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,229,322 | 225,099 | 975 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,868,087 | 73,619 | 437 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,835,783 | 106,564 | 406 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,560,957 | 88,845 | 330 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,456,309 | 44,399 | 235 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6666 up 0.8% from the close from the previous close
It appears that the spread of the Coronavirus is beginning to slow with the number of new cases reported beginning to fall, the daily average of new cases seems to be falling with a strong trend since 11 January 2021.
The USA has placed an order with a Brisbane based company for $302 million of new at home Covid-19 test kits.
WA has reported no new cases of community transmission.
The guard at the centre of the WA “Outbreak” has tested positive to the virulent UK strain.
SA has thousands of people in quarantine as a result of the WA outbreak.
Reports are out that China is threatening people in Wuhan not to speak truthfully to the WHI investigative team, claiming it will damage China’s national interest.
Around 18.5 million doses of vaccine have been distributed to EU countries despite the production issues encountered.
Queensland is open again to all of NSW.
It is now compulsory in the USA to where a face mask on all forms of public transport. The TSA has been granted the power to enforce the “law” on all aircraft.
There is push back developing around the world against lockdowns and restrictions with riots spreading through the EU and Republican States in the USA impeding the Covid-19 measures of President Biden.
A vaccine developed in Israel is showing very low rates of infection after a week of immunisations, an effectiveness rate of over 99% is being claimed.
The UN is pushing for a more fair and equitable distribution of vaccines as there appears to be up to 17 new virulent variants detected.
3 February 2021 Wednesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 104,244,734 | 2,257,952 | 12,902 | 0.80 | 0.75 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,824 | 909 | 0 | 0.95 | 0.89 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 597 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,450 | 820 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.70 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,112 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,307 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 26,982,863 | 456,437 | 3,064 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,778,031 | 154,629 | 108 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,230,865 | 225,159 | 60 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,884,730 | 74,158 | 539 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,852,623 | 108,013 | 1449 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,570,608 | 89,344 | 499 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,458,958 | 44,946 | 547 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6762 up 1.5% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 104 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just over 2 days.
Sir Tom Moore, the 100 yo British former soldier who raised millions of pounds for Covid-19 relief has died of Covid-19.
6 million Australians are aimed to get the vaccine ion the second round of vaccinations.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is proving safe and effective according to early results of studies conducted during their vaccine rollout.
South Australia will saliva test all Hotel workers daily from next week.
WA has had another day of zero community transmission as Perth has been turned into a ghost town.
Joe Biden is trying to convince Republican Senators to pass a much larger Covid-19 relief bill than they want to.
It has been revealed that as the world fought to stave off the Covid-19 pandemic and diverted resources to fight it that existing diseases, such as cancer, were left reduced funding, and the results have been disastrous. With death rates soaring and diagnosis rates falling.
4 February 2021 Thursday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 104,732,649 | 2,272,225 | 14,273 | 0.98 | 0.91 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,829 | 909 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.79 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 601 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,450 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,114 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,308 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,088,320 | 459,922 | 3,485 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,790,909 | 154,734 | 105 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,296,945 | 226,666 | 1,507 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,901,204 | 74,684 | 526 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,871,825 | 109,335 | 1322 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,583,790 | 89,820 | 476 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,458,958 | 44,946 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6824 up 0.9% from the close from the previous close
The USA has passed 27 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just 9 days.
The UK seems to be getting the spread of the coronavirus under control with the number of new daily cases steadily declining from a peak of over 68 thousand new cases on 8 January 2021 to today’s figure of “just” a bit over 19 thousand.
Today would have been 28 days without community transmission, but last night a Quarantine Hotel worker was found to have the UK variant of the virus. Up to 600 people who have attended the preliminary matches leading up to next weeks Australian Open have been exposed.
Restrictions are being reimposed in Victoria.
The Astra-Zeneca Vaccine has been found to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus.
A new study of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine shows the first dose gives high level protection for up to 12 weeks.
WA’s Quarantine Hotel system has been shown to have gapping holes in its procedures, particularly the wearing of masks.
Liberal federal MP Craig Kelly has been told by the PM to stop spreading “Fake” information about the coronavirus, Covid-19 and the pandemic.
More countries in the EU are banning the use of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in people over 65.
Singapore has approved the Moderna vaccine
145 countries are to receive Covid-19 vaccines under a plan by The UN.
5 February 2021 Friday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 105,265,689 | 2,287,476 | 15,251 | 1.09 | 1.02 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,838 | 909 | 0 | 1.62 | 1.43 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 601 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,452 | 820 | 0 | 2.80 | 1.47 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,117 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,313 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,229,532 | 464,150 | 4,228 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,802,831 | 154,841 | 107 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,354,609 | 227,883 | 1,217 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,917,918 | 75,205 | 521 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,892,459 | 110,250 | 915 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,597,446 | 90,241 | 421 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,463,016 | 45,344 | 398 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6765 down 0.9% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 105 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just 2 days.
The USA has recorded over 4,000 deaths from Covid-19, the first time over 4,000 in almost a week.
Trails have begun mixing vaccines types to test for vaccine efficacy and safety.
WA has lifted its lockdown after finding no new cases of community transmission, but has put restrictions in place.
Close contacts of the worker at the centre of the Melbourne/Australian Open scare have tested negative to Covid-19.
Reports out of the UK say that at one point it is estimated that 1 in 15 people in east London had Covid-19.
Australia has secured another 10,000,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
The federal Health Minister has stated that all people in Australia will be offered a vaccine, this includes asylum seekers, refuges, etc.
It is estimated that as many as one quarter of all people in the USA, France and Germany may refuse to have a vaccination against Covid-19.
6 February 2021 Saturday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 105,817,286 | 2,305,133 | 17,657 | 1.14 | 1.06 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,842 | 909 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.64 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 602 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,456 | 820 | 0 | 3.11 | 2.43
|
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,117 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,315 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,360,916 | 469,321 | 5,171 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,815,222 | 154,956 | 115 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,447,165 | 230,034 | 2,151 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,934,606 | 75,732 | 527 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,911,573 | 111,264 | 1,014 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,611,659 | 90,618 | 377 | ||
| 17 | Sth Africa | 1,470,516 | 45,902 | 558 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6765 up 1.1% from the close from the previous close
The UK is to start a Hotel Quarantine system on 15 February.
The USA has recorded over 5,000 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hrs, the first time in 3 weeks.
The Australian Open Tennis tournament has been given the green light to go ahead as planned , including spectators.
The vaccine rollout in Australia will be done predominately via peoples GP, and all who receive the vaccine will get an electronic certificate via email.
Repatriation flights into Australia are set to resume to their previous levels and the federal government is looking to expand the capacity of the Howard Springs Quarantine facility in the NT to take more people.
The USA Senate has passed a multi billion dollar Covid-19 relief package after Vice President Kamala Harris cast a deadlock breaking vote, the senate had voted 50/50.
The number of people who have received at least 1 dose of Covid-19 vaccine exceeds the number of people who have contracted the disease.
7 February 2021 Sunday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 106,212,339 | 2,316,094 | 10,961 | 0.87 | 0.79 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,848 | 909 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.97 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 602 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,456 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,119 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,315 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,484,115 | 472,600 | 3,2791 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,826,560 | 155,018 | 62 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,456,345 | 230,314 | 280 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,651,233 | 76,229 | 497 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,929,835 | 112,092 | 828 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,625,098 | 91,003 | 385 | ||
| 15 | Sth Africa | 1,473,700 | 46,180 | 278 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6765 up 1.1% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 106 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in a bit over 2 days.
It is one year since the first Covid-19 death in the USA, on average almost 1300 people have died in the USA every day for the last year from Covid-19.
There have been no new or related cases to the Covid-19 positive test hotel workers in either Perth or Melbourne.
It has been revealed that as the Trump administration ramped up prisoner executions in the last months of his Presidency, the infection rate of those executed was over 70%, signalling huge issues in the USA prison system.
The UN has issued a warning that it expects global terrorism to increase dramatically as soon as world travel restrictions are lifted.
8 February 2021 Monday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 106,625,617 | 2,325,572 | 9,478 | 0.90 | 0.83 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,850 | 909 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 602 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,456 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,120 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,320 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,593,756 | 474,664 | 2,064 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,831,279 | 155,078 | 60 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,524,640 | 231,534 | 1,220 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,967,281 | 76,661 | 432 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,945,680 | 112,465 | 373 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,636,738 | 91,273 | 270 | ||
| 15 | Sth Africa | 1,473,700 | 46,180 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6765 up 1.1% from the close from the previous close
It appears that Russia has adjusted its Covid-19 infection numbers. It has added 316,048 new cases overnight, highly unlikely it is just a daily count based on previous numbers and world trends.
South Africa has suspended the delivery of the AstraZeneca Vaccine to its population as it has been shown to be minimally effective against the dominant strain in the country.
AstraZeneca is tweaking its vaccine it make it more effective against the new variants emerging.
The Australian Open Tennis tournament begins today with crowds, albeit, reduced numbers.
A returned traveller in NSW has tested positive 2 days after leaving quarantine.
The UK and EU are both seeing new case number drop, but both for different reasons. The UK believes their numbers are down due mainly to the vaccine roll out, while the EU considers that lockdowns and restrictions played the biggest part there.
Israel has vaccinated over half its population in just over 5 weeks, the program remains controversial as the government has agreed to share data with the manufacturer Pfizer, people are worried about the privacy and ethical issues raised by this.
The issue of a Global Covid-19 “Passport” is beginning to raise concerns around the world, with civil libertarians raising concerns.
9 February 2021 Tuesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 106,891,005 | 2,332,567 | 6,995 | 0.61 | 0.55 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,857 | 909 | 0 | 1.26 | 1.33 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 603 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,456 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,123 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,320 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,655,110 | 475,571 | 907 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,847,142 | 155,172 | 94 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,524,640 | 231,534 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3983,197 | 77,068 | 407 | ||
| 6 | UK | 3,959,784 | 112,798 | 333 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,644,707 | 91,580 | 307 | ||
| 15 | Sth Africa | 1,476,135 | 46,290 | 110 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6880 up 0.6% from the close from the previous close
There is more world speculation that Russia is still under reporting the number of deaths due to Covid-19, the number doesn’t seem to correlate with the rest of the worlds experience , number of cases v number of deaths.
Victoria is reviewing its Hotel quarantine system due to the recent spate of transmission.
WA is contemplating not allowing workers in quarantine hotels having a second job.
UK PM Boris Johnson says they are confident in the vaccines they are using after recent reports of ineffectiveness against the new strains.
The EU has told Australia that the first shipment of vaccines is on schedule.
The WHO is saying it is too early to dismiss the AstraZeneca vaccine with respect to the new variants.
The USA is reporting a declining number of new Covid-19 cases, but officials are worried about a surge in cases due to the new variants of the virus.
China has reported zero community transmission cases for the first time since mid-December.
Israel leads the world in vaccinating its population with 63% vaccinated, followed by the UAE @43%, USA @ 12.5%, EU @ 3.1%. The world stands @ 1.7%. China who were first to approve a vaccine sits @ 2.2%
10 February 2021 Wednesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 107,286,966 | 2,345,899 | 13,332 | 0.91 | 0.84 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,860 | 909 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.53 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 603 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,456 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,125 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,322 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,764,544 | 478,490 | 2,919 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,858,300 | 155,280 | 108 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,560,362 | 232,431 | 897 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,998,216 | 77,598 | 530 | ||
| 5 | UK | 3,972,148 | 113,850 | 1,052 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,655,319 | 92,002 | 422 | ||
| 15 | Sth Africa | 1,479,253 | 46,869 | 579 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6821 down 0.9% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 107 millio0n cases of Covid-19, the last million took 3 days.
The 2nd Impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has started.
The WHO has stated that the Novel Coronavirus was unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese Laboratory, and probably jumped from animal to human.
A member of a tennis group that flew into Adelaide tested positive to Covid-19, but the result was kept secret. Apparently, it was a false positive from someone who had already recovered from a previous infection.
The world is bracing for scaled back Chinese New Year celebrations, hoping they doesn’t become a global super spreader event.
WA is reviewing its strict 28 day Covid-19 free rule for quarantine free entry into the state from other parts of Australia.
Spain has registered its highest daily death toll from Covid-19 asm it experiences a 3rd wave of infections.
Europe’s oldest person, a 117 year old French nun, has survived Covid-19 after testing positive but showing no symptoms.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has passed external peer review and has been proven to be 91% effective and it also has a huge advantage over most available vaccines in that it needs to be stored in a fridge, NOT an ultra cold freezer.
11 February 2021 Thursday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 107,709,967 | 2,359,868 | 13,969 | 0.99 | 0.92 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,871 | 909 | 0 | 1.83 | 1.81 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 605 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,458 | 820 | 0 | 1.75 | 2.00 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,129 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,324 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,857,904 | 481,698 | 3,208 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,870,646 | 155,377 | 97 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,612,529 | 233,935 | 1,504 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,012,710 | 78,134 | 536 | ||
| 5 | UK | 3,985,161 | 114,851 | 1,001 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,668,266 | 92,338 | 336 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,482,412 | 47,145 | 276 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6856 up 0.5% from the close from the previous close
Russia has passed 4 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 46 days
A new outbreak in Melbourne is centred around the Airport Holiday Inn Quarantine Hotel.
There is speculation that the first vaccines for Australia will arrive next week.
SA has closed its borders to Victoria. Our neighbours got to the border late last night (around 10:30-11pm) to find a 5km long queue and a 5 hour wait to get through, so they turned around and went back to Melbourne. If they had stayed in the queue they would have been allowed to come through, even though they would have been processed after the midnight cut-off.
The Australian Open Tennis is proving a success with some great matched and very loud , although reduced, crowds.
An Australian scientist who is part of the WHO team investigating the origins of the Novel Coronavirus believes that the Covid-19 crisis started in China sometime before December 2019,
Queensland has issued more than $4 million worth of Covid-19 related fines.
The WHO has recommended the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for all ages.
Israel is allowing leisure facilities to those who have been vaccinated.
12 February 2021 Friday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 108,147,414 | 2,373,156 | 13,288 | 1.06 | 0.97 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,879 | 909 | 0 | 1.37 | 1.40 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,460 | 820 | 0 | 1.75 | 2.15 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,132 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,324 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 27,953,578 | 485,283 | 3,585 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,879,826 | 155,476 | 99 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,671,832 | 235,185 | 1,250 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,027,748 | 78,687 | 553 | ||
| 5 | UK | 3,998,655 | 115,529 | 678 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,683,403 | 92,729 | 391 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,482,412 | 47,145 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6850 0.1 down% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 108 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just over 2 days.
There is a fear that a third wave of Covid-19 may be developing in greater Melbourne.
The UK has instituted a team of mobile vaccination clinics to vaccinate the homeless.
The Novel Coronavirus is constantly mutating and new strains are constantly emerging, it is just the way it will be say the scientists.
There are fears that Japans medical system will struggle to keep up during the Tokyo Olympics.
Travel by Chinese to celebrate the Lunar new year has reportedly dropped by 74%
13 February 2021 Saturday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 108,572,835 | 2,388,673 | 15,517 | 1.08 | 0.97 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,879 | 909 | 0 | 1.11 | 1.14 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,466 | 820 | 0 | 4.20 | 4.42 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,136 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,326 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,070,395 | 491,287 | 6,004 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,892,550 | 155,588 | 112 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,716,298 | 236,397 | 1,212 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,042,837 | 79,194 | 507 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,013,799 | 116,287 | 758 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,697,296 | 93,045 | 316 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,487,681 | 47,670 | 525 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6806 0.6 down% from the close from the previous close
The USA has passed 28 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just 11 days.
The UK has passed 4 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just 35 days.
Victoria has been put into a 5 day lock down to try and contain an outbreak of the UK variant of the Coronavirus, the lockdown began at midnight last night.
Panic buying has again been a feature of the lead up to the lockdown
There was a large lockdown protest in Melbourne last night ahead of the lockdown.
Fans at the Australian Open were ushered out of the complex ahead of the midnight lockdown, many were not happy!
The UK has suffered the biggest ever drop in its economy over the past year, dropping almost 10%.
The locally made Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is beginning to roll off the CSL production line in Victoria.
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump has wound up with his defence claiming what he did was all in the realms of Free Speech and protected by the Constitution.
14 February 2021 Sunday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 108,950,409 | 2,400,892 | 12,219 | 0.97 | 0.90 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,892 | 909 | 0 | 0.95 | 0.98 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,466 | 820 | 0 | 4.20 | 4.42 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,136 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,328 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,163,408 | 495,142 | 3,855 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,898,663 | 155,653 | 65 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,765,694 | 237,601 | 1,204 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,057,698 | 79,696 | 502 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,027.106 | 116,908 | 621 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,710.819 | 93,356 | 311 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,490,063 | 47,821 | 151 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6806 0.6 down% from the close from the previous close
The USA Senate has voted 57-43 NOT to find Donald Trump guilty..
The last of Perth’s and WA recent lockdown measures will be lifted this morning
Oxford University is about to begin testing its vaccine on children for the first time.
The Australian scientist who was part of the WHO mission in China investigating the source of the Novel Coronavirus has stated that China did not release the raw data on its Covid-19 cases.
The Head of Quarantine Victoria is standing by a statement that they were not told of the returning persons nebuliser that is the apparent source of the latest Covid-19 outbreak. This despite that person saying they did tell the health officials of it and its use.
14.6 million people in the UK have received their first dose of the vaccine.
There are reports that a returning traveller in NZ has died of Covid-19
The WHO is stating that it is still investigating all hypotheses on the origin of the Novel Coronavirus.
15 February 2021 Monday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 109,317,987 | 2,409,315 | 8,423 | 0.96 | 0.87 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,898 | 909 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.97 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,469 | 820 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.62 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,138 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,330 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,249,318 | 496,896 | 1,754 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,916,172 | 155,764 | 111 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,811,255 | 238,647 | 1,046 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,071,883 | 80,126 | 430 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,038,078 | 117,166 | 258 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,721,879 | 93,577 | 221 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,491,807 | 47,899 | 78 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6806 down 0.6% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 109 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just over 2 days.
The first shipment of 180,000 doses of the Pfizer Vaccines has arrived in Australia from the EU.
Immunisations are scheduled to start next week, but who will get them is still to be released
Australia has closed its borders to quarantine free travel with NZ.
Auckland NZ has been put into a 3 day lockdown to allow for investigation into a possible outbreak.
Germany is tightening its borders to try and keep the new variants out.
There appears to be a decline in the number of new cases occurring in the UK, it is very slowly trending down from the 16,000’s/day.
16 February 2021 Tuesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 198 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 109,600,451 | 2,416,496 | 7,181 | 0.73 | 0.69 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,900 | 909 | 0 | 0..33 | 0.34 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,471 | 820 | 0 | 0.93 | 1.27 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,138 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,336 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,298,001 | 497,858 | 962 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,925,208 | 155,836 | 72 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,840.002 | 239,359 | 712 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,086,090 | 80,520 | 394 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,047,843 | 117,396 | 230 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,729,223 | 93,835 | 258 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,492,909 | 48,094 | 195 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6868 up 0.9% from the close from the previous close
WA has opened its border unrestricted to NSW.
An urgent search is underway in WA for a woman who is supposed to be in home quarantine.
The new variants of the Coronavirus are spreading through the Middle East.
The WHO Investigation team has found that the virus outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan China was much wider than reported by the Chinese authorities.
There have been more anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne.
The Avalon Airport in Melbourne may be turned into an international returning persons quarantine hub.
The WHO has approved the AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use.
It has been revealed that the English Quarantine system will be reliant on people coming from countries other than designated “Red Zone” countries isolating/quarantining at their designated premises (Home or hotel), rather than a designated quarantine hotel.
There are growing Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the death toll is rising in Guinea.
Israel is approaching 75% immunisation, the USA is almost at 16%. Australia is at 0%!
17 February 2021 Wednesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 109,921,440 | 2,425,637 | 9,141 | 0.85 | 0.79 |
| 99 | Australia | 28,905 | 909 | 0 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| (183) | Sth Aust | 606 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (105) | Victoria | 20,475 | 820 | 0 | 1.47 | 2.24 |
| ( 152) | NSW | 5,139 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 164 | NZ* | 2,337 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,358,222 | 499,309 | 1,451 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,937,106 | 155,949 | 113 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,874,956 | 240,009 | 650 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,099,323 | 80,979 | 459 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,058,468 | 118,195 | 799 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,739,591 | 94,171 | 336 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,492,909 | 48,094 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6917 up 0.7% from the close from the previous close
New variants of the virus are continuing to be discovered.
Many states in Australia are now looking to develop permanent quarantine facilities away from [population centres, similar to the one in the NT.
Victoria is set to ease its 5 day lockdown restrictions today.
A Melbourne company is developing a breathe test for Covid-19.
Australians are being warned about Vaccine Scams as the rollout approaches.
Israel, UK, Bahrain, and USA have all vaccinated over 10% of their populations.
A Democratic Senator in the USA is suing Donald Trump and Rudi Giuliani under an 1871 Act that prohibits violence that disrupts the work of Congress
Johnson and Johnson will supply some African nations with its vaccine, even though it has not been formally approved anywhere.
18 February 2021 Thursday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 110,295,585 | 2,436,420 | 10,783 | 1.01 | 0.94 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,911 | 909 | 0 | 1.05 | 1.02 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 608 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,475 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,143 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,340 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,423,204 | 501,446 | 2,137 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,949,546 | 156,038 | 89 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,921,981 | 240,983 | 974 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,112,151 | 81,446 | 467 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,071,185 | 118,933 | 738 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,751,657 | 94,540 | 369 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,496,439 | 48,478 | 384 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6885 down 0.5% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 110 million cases of Covid-19. The last 10 million in 22 Days, a great slowing down of infection from 15 days for the previous 10 million.
The USA has passed 500,000 deaths due to Covid-19.
Health experts in the USA are predicting the USA will top 559,000 deaths from Covid-19 by March 13.
Victoria has come out of lockdown as of midnight last night. Masks are mandatory where social distancing is not possible.
The vaccine roll out in Australia starts on Monday, 22 February.
Australia’s CMO has warned Australians it will take a long time for things to get back to normal, and that normal will be different.
Celebrity Chef and well known conspiracy theory spreader, Pete Evens, has been removed from Instagram.
Experts are saying that Japan’s vaccine rollout is to late to induce herd immunity before the Olympics.
Concerns are still being raised at the approval of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine, with many questions still being raised as to whether it stops transmission of the virus and of its very low effectiveness numbers compared to other vaccines.
Large numbers of people in Germany are showing reluctance to have the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
19 February 2021 Friday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 110,695,659 | 2,446,981 | 10,561
|
1.10 | 1.03 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,912 | 909 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.19 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 608 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,476 | 820 | 0 | 0.44 | 0.58 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,143 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,344 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,491,617 | 503,749 | 2,303 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,962,086 | 156,121 | 83 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 9,979,276 | 242,178 | 1,195 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,125,598 | 81,926 | 480 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,083,242 | 119,387 | 454 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,765,412 | 94,887 | 347 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,496,439 | 48,478 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6886 up 0.07% from the close from the previous close
Melbourne is on alert as virus fragments have been found in the sewage system.
Adelaide is set to host the worlds largest Arts Festival since the pandemic began, with the Adelaide Fringe Festival about to begin.
Australia is preparing for the dingle biggest vaccination program in the nations history with the rollout expected to start on Monday.
The Coronavirus Vaccine will be made mandatory for all those working in Aged Care.
Facebook is coping huge abuse over the shutdown of Australian news, health and emergency services pages ion its platform.
Australia is trying to source special syringes for the Covid-19 vaccine administration. Normal syringes leave a portion of the contents in a space between the plunger and the needle, effectively wasting vaccine materials.
EU countries are seeing a resistance to the AstraZeneca Vaccine.
20 February 2021 Saturday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 111,079,236 | 2,458,136 | 11,155 | 1.07 | 1.02 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,918 | 909 | 0 | 1.31 | 1.11 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 608 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 1.62 | 1.83 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,145 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,348 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,565,243 | 506,484 | 2,735 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,976,388 | 156,237 | 116 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,030,626 | 243,610 | 1,432 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,139,031 | 82,396 | 470 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,095,269 | 119,920 | 533 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,780,882 | 95,235 | 348 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,498,766 | 48,708 | 230 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6794 down 1.3% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 111 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in just over 2 days.
Brazil has passed 10 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 23 days
Globally, infections are still rising in 43 countries.
The USA and Brazil maintain their spots as 1 and 2 for most infections and most deaths due to Covid-19.
Melbourne City has reversed a decision cancelling the Moomba Festival, and it will now go ahead later in the year.
New Zealand starts vaccinating its vaccinators on Monday. A great lateral thinking decision.
Studies have shown that a 3 month gap between Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine doses makes it more effective.
The Pfizer vaccine is starting to show signs of inducing reduced virus transmission.
The top 5 places to contract Covid-19 have been found to be hotels, Churches, restaurants, bars and cafes. These account for approximately 80% of all infections.
Israel has vaccinated almost 82% of its population.
21 February 2021 Sunday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 111,456,092 | 2,468,111 | 9,975 | 1.05 | 1.01 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,920 | 909 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.36 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 608 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,146 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,350 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,644,249 | 508,826 | 2,342 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,991,091 | 156,339 | 102 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,081,693 | 244,955 | 1,345 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,151,984 | 82,876 | 480 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,105,675 | 120,365 | 445 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,795,796 | 95,235 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,500,677 | 48,859 | 151 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6794 down 1.3% from the close from the previous close
South Africa has passed 2.5 million cases of Covid-19
88 Countries has started vaccinating their people.
There have been large anti-vaccination protest rallies in all Australia Capital cities yesterday.
In Orlando Florida, two women have been caught dressing as elderly to try and get the vaccine early.
The Victorian Holiday Inn cluster is increasingly coming under control.
22 February 2021 Monday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 111,839,173 | 2,475,476 | 7,365 | 1.06 | 1.03 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,926 | 909 | 0 | 1.50 | 1.11 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 610 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,149 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,350 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,735,605 | 510,415 | 1,589 | ||
| 2 | India | 10,991,091 | 156,339 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,139,148 | 246,006 | 1,051 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,164,726 | 83,293 | 417 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,115,509 | 120,580 | 215 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,809,246 | 95,718 | 483 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,502,367 | 48,940 | 81 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ
ASX200 at 6794 down 1.3% from the close from the previous close
So far 89 countries have started vaccinations, with just over 204 million people having at least 1 dose of a vaccine.
Australia began its vaccination program yesterday, with a WWII veteran being the first person in Australia to receive a vaccine here. He was followed by the PM and top health officials and community leaders in a demonstration of their belief and commitment to the vaccine program.
All Australian states begin their vaccination programs today, with frontline workers and the most vulnerable being first to get the Pfizer vaccine.
The UK is speeding up its vaccine program, aiming to have all adults with at least the first dose of a vaccine by 31 July.
USA President Biden has declared a Major Disaster in Texas as a result of the prolonged freezing temperatures being experienced there.
The quarantine free travel bubble between NZ and Australia has been resumed.
Israel is using the Covid-19 vaccine as a political tool in its dealings with Syria, agreeing to supply the vaccine only in exchange for prisoners being held by them.
Around 18% of Americans have now received at least 1 dose of a vaccine.
23 February 2021 Tuesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 112,207,604 | 2,483,400 | 7,924 | 0.99 | 0.97 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,930 | 909 | 0 | 0.93 | 0.77 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 610 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,150 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,357 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,803,721 | 512,044 | 1,629 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,015,776 | 156,495 | 156 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,195,160 | 247,143 | 1,137 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,177,330 | 83,630 | 337 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,126,150 | 120,757 | 177 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,818,863 | 95,992 | 274 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,504,588 | 49,150 | 210 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6781 down 0.2% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 112 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 3 days.
India has passed 11 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 67 days.
91 countries have begun vaccinations, with over 207,000,000 doses administered.
UK PM Boris Johnson has announced a 4-stage program to bring the nation out of the lock down it has been in since Jan 6. It will be based on science, speculative dates.
There are hopes that all Australians may be able to return home with the resumption of International flights when an International Covid-19 “Passport” is developed.
NASA’s Mars Rover, Perseverance, that landed on Mars a few days ago, is sending back amazingly detailed images of the planet’s surface.
Studies in the UK are revealing that the vaccine is reducing transmission of the virus, and the severity of Covid-19 symptoms with hospitalisations dropping dramatically.
American Contagious disease expert Dr Fauci has said that the wearing of masks may be necessary into 2022.
It has been found that Europeans are more likely now to believe Conspiracy Stories than before the pandemic started.
24 February 2021 Wednesday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 112,514,013 | 2,492,209 | 8,809 | 0.83 | 0.82 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,937 | 909 | 0 | 0.83 | 0.82 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 612 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,154 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,363 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,867,820 | 513,986 | 1,942 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,029,326 | 156,598 | 103 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,197,531 | 247,276 | 133 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,189,153 | 84,047 | 417 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,134,639 | 121,305 | 548 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,832,162 | 96,348 | 356 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,505,586 | 49,413 | 263 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6839 up 0.9% from the close from the previous close
CXovid-19 infections are still rising in 46 countries as 92 countries have started vaccination programs.
The Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews has said that Victoria is well placed to stat easing restrictions.
ANZAC Day services are set to go ahead as normal in Queensland.
There are growing hopes that International travel will start getting back to normal in the coming months.
The second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Australia.
A cluster in Auckland NZ is growing after a schoolgirl tested positive yesterday.
25 February 2021 Thursday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 112,931,685 | 2,502,906 | 10,697 | 1.11 | 1.12 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,939 | 909 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.41 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 613 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,155 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,365 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 28,928,705 | 516,034 | 2,048 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,046,432 | 156,742 | 144 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,260,621 | 248,646 | 1,370 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,200,902 | 84,430 | 383 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,144,577 | 121,747 | 442 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,848,564 | 96,666 | 318 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,505,586 | 49,413 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6778 down 0.9% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 2.5 million deaths due to Covid-19
There seems to be a spike in new cases of Cocid-19 occurring in random countries around the world, possibly due to the new strains emerging.
The eastern states of Australian are reimposing restrictions on travellers from New Zealand as the Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland slowly increases.
South Australia will further ease restrictions from Friday, allowing dancing at entertainment venues.
Two elderly people were given overdoses of the Covid-19 vaccine in Queensland. The Doctor administering the vaccine was untrained in multidose vials, and gave the people up to 4 times the recommended dose. Both people are recovering.
Victoria is to use robots to monitor quarantine hotels.
Regional aged care facilities appear to be missing out on the vaccine rollout in an oversight by government planners..
NSW will be easing Covid-19 restrictions further from Friday.
There appears to be a growing concern over the increasing numbers of new Covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea, the country has an astonishing low rate of testing.
The Johnson and Johnson single dose vaccine has been found to be effective by the USA FDA, it will meet on Friday to decide if it should be approved.
26 February 2021 Friday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 113,399,823 | 2,514,785 | 10,697 | 1.21 | 1.25 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,947 | 909 | 0 | 1.60 | 1.65 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 613 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,479 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,162 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,365 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 29,025,857 | 519,830 | 2,048 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,063,038 | 156,861 | 144 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,326,008 | 250,079 | 1,370 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,212,100 | 84,876 | 383 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,154,562 | 122,070 | 442 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,868,435 | 96,974 | 318 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,507,448 | 49,523 | 0 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6834 up 0.8% from the close from the previous close
The world has passed 113 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 3 days
The USA has passed 29 million cases of Covid-19, the million in 13 days.
Brazil has passed 250,000 deaths due to Covid-19, the 2nd worst record in the world after the USA.
The world has recorded its largest number of new Codid-19 cases since 2 February, with 468138 new cases overnight.
Australia’s CMO has declared Auckland NZ a hotspot.
After the over dosing of 2 people in Queensland, it has come to light that over-dosing with the Pfizer vaccine is common due to the multi-dose vial system being used,
There is concern arising the Covid-19 vaccines may go to waste if people who receive the first dose do not return for the 2nd. Concerns have been raised particularly for the Australian Indigenous population.
The EU is threatening to ban exports of Vaccines if there are further supply failures from the manufacturers.
Canada is experiencing issues with its quarantine system as air travellers avoid the quarantine hotels.
27 February 2021 Saturday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 113,824,617 | 2,524,549 | 9,764 | 1.08 | 1.13 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,958 | 909 | 0 | 1.93 | 2.14 |
| (190) | Sth Aust | 613 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (116) | Victoria | 20,481 | 820 | 0 | 7.00 | 1.87 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,166 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 172 | NZ* | 2,371 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 29,105,144 | 522,215 | 2,385 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,079,094 | 156,970 | 109 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,393,886 | 251,661 | 1,582 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,223,186 | 85,304 | 428 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,163,085 | 122,415 | 345 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,888,923 | 97,227 | 253 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,509,124 | 49,667 | 144 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6673 down 2.4% from the close from the previous close.
Victoria and South Australia have both eased their Coronavirus restrictions.
There are call for WA to review the airflow in quarantine hotels.
The USA FDA has approved for the Pfizer Vaccine to be kept at conventional freezer temperatures for up to 14 days, rather than the -70C as stated by Pfizer. Allowing for transport and stirage to be much simpler.
Up to 120 doses of the Pfizer vaccine had to be destroyed at a Victorian Aged Care Facility after it was left in a conventional fridge overnight and no verification of storage temperature was possible.
Victoria has announced that the AFL will start the year with crowds at 50% capacity.
China is denying it subjected USA diplomats to coronavirus anal swab testing.
Questions are being raised about Victoria’s Covid-19 Tracing System after a shop was deemed a close contact spot, when it was actually closed at the time of the persons apparent visit and that same person was attending a medical appointment at the same time they were deemed being in the shop. The shop owner is not happy.
Resistance continues in the EU countries to the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine, as it is seen as inferior to the mRNA vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna.
28 February 2021 Sunday
224 countries and territories now have cases of Covid-19, 206 have reported deaths.
| World Rank | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths | New Deaths* | GF
7 Day Av |
GF
2Wk on 2Wk |
| WHO Data | WORLD | 114,260,431 | 2,534,398 | 9,849 | 1.09 | 1.15 |
| 111 | Australia | 28,965 | 909 | 0 | 1.09 | 1.34 |
| (192) | Sth Aust | 613 | 4 | 0 | ||
| (119) | Victoria | 20,481 | 820 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ( 155) | NSW | 5,172 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 174 | NZ* | 2,372 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | 29,187,062 | 524,383 | 2,168 | ||
| 2 | India | 11,096,440 | 157,087 | 117 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 10,457,794 | 252,988 | 1,327 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 4,234,720 | 85,743 | 439 | ||
| 5 | UK | 4,170,519 | 122,705 | 290 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 2,907,825 | 97,507 | 280 | ||
| 16 | Sth Africa | 1,512,225 | 49,941 | 274 |
New deaths number for the countries comes from WHO Data table @ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
and for Australia & South Australia https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/home/dashboard
& for Victoria https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update
GF = Transmission Growth Factor (Below 1 = Transmission under control)
(My GF calculations based on 7 day moving average cases numbers and using the current weeks average cases numbers and the previous weeks cases numbers)
- Confirmed + Possible cases for NZ.
ASX200 at 6673 down 2.4% from the close from the previous close.
The world has passed 114 million cases of Covid-19, the last million in 2 days.
The world added 11,210 760 new cases of Covid-19 and 308,410 deaths due to Covid-19 during February.
So far 97 countries have begun vaccinations and over 227 million vaccines have been given.
Coronavirus infections are still rising in 46 countries.
The USA Congress has passed a %2.47 Trillion Covid-10 relief package.
The USA FDA has approved the Johnson and Johnson single shot vaccine.
Approximately 1/3 USA military personnel are effusing to have a Covid-19 vaccination
A new highly contagious variant of the Coronavirus has been identified in New York city.
Auckland NZ is going into a 7 day lockdown to try and control a community transmission outbreak.
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