Blog Day 169 -10 September 2020

Well, I finished my first box of face masks the other day, that is 50 down and how many more to go, anybody's guess!

Just waiting for my 11.00pm webinar with the AWM to begin.  Today's session is titled VP Day and the end of WWII.  I recently attended the AWM webinar on the Korean War and it was very well done.  The webinar went for an hour, in the first half hour one of the AWM historians spoke about the conflict and Australia's role and the in the second half hour one of the curators presented and spoke about some artefacts from AWM collection relating to that conflict.

Later this afternoon my U3A (Maritime and Military History) group is holding its first zoom session and at the same time there is a Shrine Volunteer zoom meeting.  Busy, Busy, Busy.

If it wasn't so serious this would be funny.  Apart from the premier saying he is responsible for anything and everything that happens in the state etc blah blah blah, nobody is taking responsibility for the introduction of the curfew.  The police has said it wasn't their idea and they didn't request it, although they are happy for it to be there as it helps them in their job.  The health department has said although the order was issued under their auspices they didn't request it either. So if it was the premier's call whose idea was it?

Today's figures are looking a bit better so maybe the curfew is working, well done Mr Premier.  Victoria recorded 51 new infections for the last 24 hours compared to 76 the day before. We reported 7 deaths bringing the state total to 701 and the national total to 788.  We currently have 169 Victorians in hospital with corona virus and 17 in ICU.  The hospital figures continue to drop.

The rolling 14 day average for the state today is 75 (70 metro and 5 regional).  Looking for between 30 and 50 for metro.

The worldwide daily figures are up and down like a bride's nightie so difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions from them.  In the last week the daily new infections have ranged between 204,000 and 320,000 and the daily deaths have ranged between 9,400 and 4,000.

With the weekly figures there has been mixed results for the big four, as I like to call them, USA, Brazil, Mexico and India.  The USA reported 259,000 new infections down from 290,000 the week before and 5,300 deaths, down from 6,300 the week before, so that is looking promising.  Brazil reported 198,000 new infections down from 279,000 the week before and 4,800 deaths, down from 6,000 the week before, also promising.

Mexico is marking time with slight reductions in infection and death rates, new infections 36,800 (37,400) and deaths 3,200 (3,800).  Last week's figures in brackets.

India is still reporting significant increases on a week to week basis. India reported 614,000 new infections for the week compared to 541,000 for the previous week and 7,700 deaths for the week compared to 6,900 the week before. Not looking to good there.

In Europe the UK, Spain and France all reported significant increases in the number of infections.  In the last week the UK went from 9,900 new infections the previous week to 16,000 in the current week, Spain 53,000 to 64,000 and France 39,000 to 51,000.  

European death rates have gone up a little with Spain reporting 434 deaths which is an increase on 223 reported the previous week.  The UK and Italy reported 80 deaths for the week and France 108.

Worldwide there were 1,800,000 new infections and 37,700 new deaths reported.  Total number of deaths worldwide 867,000.  

Tables as below;

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – Day 39

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
04/09	26,155	89	19,434	81	737	650	391	329	26	20
05/09	26,218	82	19,491	76	748	661	391	298	26	21
06/09	26,280	73	19,542	63	753	666	391	283	26	19
07/09	26,319	41	19,579	41	762	675	311	266	26	25
08/09	26,373	66	19,615	55	770	683	295	238	32	22
09/09	26,463	93	19,691	76	781	694	264	196	29	20
10/09	26,523	58	19,739	51	788	701	221	169	26	17

Country	Population	Infected No	Infected Increase	Deaths No	Deaths Increase No	Deaths per Million Population
Belgium	11,500,000	89,141	3,294	9,912	15	862
UK	68,000,000	355,219	16,543	41,594	80	612
Spain	47,000,000	543,379	63,825	29,628	434	630
Italy	60,000,000	281,583	10,068	35,577	80	593
Sweden	10,000,000	85,880	1,348	5,842	22	584
France	65,000,000	344,101	51,077	30,794	108	474
USA	331,000,000	6,549,177	258,752	195,211	5,270	590
Brazil	213,000,000	4,199,332	197,910	128,653	4,754	604
Mexico	129,000,000	642,860	36,824	68,484	3,243	531
South Africa	59,000,000	642,431	11,836	15,168	779	257
Russia	146,000,000	1,041,007	36,007	18,135	721	124
World	7,800,000,000	28,013,504	1,844,292	907,271	40,690	116
India	1,300,000,000	4,462,965	613,997	75,091	7,605	58
Australia	25,000,000	26,465	542	781	118	31
New Zealand	5,000,000	1,788	31	24	2	5

Corona Virus International Stats as at 10/09/2020

And now the State of Disaster remembers;

Remember: Don't give up, keep your aluminium foil hat on, 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, watch the averages and be kind.