Blog Day 163 - Thursday 03 September 2020

As you know I like to start the blog with some good news.  Yesterday at about 11.30am in the morning I ordered a coat from Snowgum, a waterproof 3/4 length coat which was less than half price and two reusable face masks.  The parcel turned up with a thump on my doorstep at 10.05am this morning, less than 24 hours after ordering.  During the period between ordering and delivering I must have received 8 or 9 emails and messages from Snowgum and Aus Post updating me on the progress of my parcel.  Marvellous service I reckon and the coat fits.

 This is getting a little bit scary, Victoria has recorded an increase in the number of new infection for the third day in a row.  We recorded 113 new infections in last 24 hours up from 90 & 70 for the previous two days.  Deaths are up again but that is more of a reflection on the progress of the virus through the nursing home rather than an increase in the general population.  Victoria reported 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, this is an increase on the five and six deaths reported in the last two days.  Of the 15 deaths 14 were in the aged care system, we also don't know how many of these deaths were historical and not previously reported.  There are 361 Victorians in hospital, 20 in ICU and 15 on ventilators.

Worldwide there were 271,000 new infections and 5,500 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.  Nothing special in these figures, just running along within the daily range.

In the figures for the last week there is a new leader in the number of new infections and the number of deaths.  India reported 541,000 new infections and 6,900 deaths for the week, exceeding both the USA and Brazil who reported 290,000 and 279,000 new infections respectively and both reported a tad over 6,000 deaths for the week.  

The USA has now reported a decline in the number of new infections for last three weeks and a significant decline in the number of deaths in the last week.  Brazil seems to have stopped any significant increase in the number of new infections and deaths but there is no significant decrease in either.  

There appears to be some problems reoccurring in Europe.  Spain reported 53,000 new infections for the week, up from 39,000 the previous week with 223 deaths compared to 174.  France reported 39,000 new infections for the week an increase on the 29,000 reported the previous week. France reported 142 deaths for the week an increase on the 76 deaths reported the previous week.  Although minor compared to India etc Spain and France would not want to see these numbers continue to increase.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – Day 32

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
02/08	17,920	685	11,557	671	208	123	366	385	44	38
03/08	18,318	444	11,937	429	221	136	408	416	46	35
04/08	18,728	451	12,335	439	232	147	439	456	43	38
05/08	19,444	740	13,035	725	247	162	483	538	44	42
06/08	19,890	483	13,469	471	255	170	566		51
07/08	20,270	461	13,867	450	266	181	600	607	52	41
08/08	20,697	475	14,283	466	278	193	632	636	51	44
09/08	21,084	412	14,659	394	295	210	659	634	53	43
10/08	21,397	337	14,957	322	314	229	657	640	51	47
11/08	21,713	353	15,251	331	332	247	664	650	54	47
12/08	22,127	428	15,646	410	352	267	673	662	51	43
13/08	22,417	290	15,924	278	361	275	685	664	51	37
14/08		387	16,234	372	372	289		659		41
15/08	23,035	312	16,517	303	379	293	680	661	47	41
16/08	23,287	284	16,764	279	396	309	680	662	47	40
17/08	23,576	289	17,046	282	421	334	680	657	47	44
18/08	23,783	225	17,249	222	438	351	674	665	51	45
19/08	23,997	228	17,454	216	450	363	682	675	52	44
20/08	24,235	246	17,686	240	463	376	682	665	52	43
21/08	24,417	180	17,862	179	470	385	682	626	52	40
22/08	24,607	191	18,034	182	483	396	682	610	52	36
23/08	24,811	204	18,231	208	502	415	631	585	43	32
24/08	24,915	120	18,330	116	517	430	604	629	39	31
25/08	25,053	151	18,464	148	528	438	659	617	38	35
26/08	25,204	156	18,608	149	549	462	644	578	42	39
27/08	25,320	115	18,721	113	572	485	603	522	46	29
28/08	25,451	129	18,827	113	584	497	603	513	46	29
29/08	25,543	108	18,903	94	600	513	543	481	35	26
30/08	25,670	125	19,015	114	611	524	510	472	32	25
31/08	25,744	74	19,088	73	652	565	501	453	31	21
01/09	25,831	85	19,150	70	657	570	481	421	27	20
02/09	25,940	109	19,240	90	663	576	450	406	26	18
03/09	26,054	115	19,353	113	678	591	432	361	23	20

Country	Population	Infected No	Infected Increase	Deaths No	Deaths Increase No	Deaths per Million Population
Belgium	11,500,000	85,847	3,400	9,897	19	861
UK	68,000,000	338,676	9,830	41,514	49	611
Spain	47,000,000	479,554	52,736	29,194	223	621
Italy	60,000,000	271,515	8,975	35,497	39	592
Sweden	10,000,000	84,532	-2,540	5,820	3	582
France	65,000,000	293,024	39,437	30,686	142	472
USA	331,000,000	6,290,425	290,064	189,941	6,291	574
Brazil	213,000,000	4,001,422	279,418	123,899	6,143	582
Mexico	129,000,000	606,036	37,415	65,241	3,791	506
South Africa	59,000,000	630,595	14,894	14,389	887	244
Russia	146,000,000	1,005,000	34,135	17,414	731	119
World	7,800,000,000	26,169,212	1,846,101	866,581	37,694	111
India	1,300,000,000	3,848,968	541,219	67,486	6,857	52
Australia	25,000,000	25,923	719	663	114	27
New Zealand	5,000,000	1,757	62	22	0	4

Above: Corona Virus International Stats as at 03/09/2020

And now the State of Disaster remembers;

Remember: please don't go to the beach, to stay indoors between 8.00pm and 5.00am, stay safe & stay strong, respect the 5km limits, don't try & get a haircut, drink your coffee at home, don't dither at the supermarket checkout, don't get Jim's Mowing in to cut your grass, get some virus approved exercise, shop at Harvey Norman for good service, be honest, if in doubt wear a mask and a face shield, remember the fallen, get plenty of sleep, laugh at my jokes, have a virtual beer with a Vietnam vet, if you have to ask - the answer is no, remain vigilant, act responsibly, apologise if you are wrong, use Zoom to keep in touch, put your bins out before curfew, don't smoke around your baby, keep your eye on the ball and be kind.