Covid-19 Overview (Japan & World Data)
Japan Summary
Japan Data from
Japan COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker (see link for more detailed data) Built by Shane Reustle and many more. Contribute to covid19japan on GitHub
Summary of Data & Charts
- Worldometer Table and charts, Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic data
- Our World Data reviewed charts and downloadable data
- Stop Covid-19 Japanese specific hospital capacity data, open source data
- CTV News “Plotting Covid-19 Curves” for the world
- Covid-19 Japan Real-time Data (independent source)
Latest News in English and Japanese
- Covid-19 NHK News 新型コロナウイルス (Japanese)
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 報厚生労働省・道発表資料 (Japanese)
- Kyoto Prefecture Covid-19 case summaries 京都府の発生状況 (Japanese)
- BBC News Coronavirus
- CBC News COVID-19
Japan
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In the News
Second Wave in Japan
Hokkaido was able to avoid a large spike in cases early on, which made it look like a success story. But recently a spike of cases marks the second wave of infections which is something the rest of Japan can learn from.
- BBC News Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons from Hokkaido’s second wave of infections
The Danger of Ventilators for COVID-19 Treatment
Ventilators are an integral part of COVID-19 treatment but there is a possibility they need to be used differently because the effect of COVID-19 on lungs is different than other types of lung infections.
BCG World Atlas
The BCG World Atlas contains detailed statistics on vaccination in over 180 countries. The data is made by McGill University and supported by The Public Health Agency of Canada.
The idea that the new coronavirus was released from a lab makes sense on a superficial level but when we look deeper into the facts about the virus, this theory seems unlikely. This issue is worth watching though, because there are many aspects of the research in these labs that won’t be made immediately public. However there is no evidence yet to point towards a human-made disaster in any way.
- BBC BBC News – Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?
- Business Insider The US is investigating the theory that the COVID-19 virus was accidentally released from a Chinese lab
- MIT Technology Review What is herd immunity and can it stop the coronavirus?
- Science Alert Here’s Why Herd Immunity Won’t Save Us From The COVID-19 Pandemic
- Al Jazeera What is ‘herd immunity’, and will it slow coronavirus pandemic?
- American Heart Association COVID-19 science: Understanding the basics of ‘herd immunity’
World Data
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2020) – “Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus’ [Online Resource]
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2020) – “Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus’ [Online Resource]
Death Rate for South Korea: Canada: Czechia: Japan: Taiwan: Singapore
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2020) – “Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus’ [Online Resource]
Country | Population | Pop Density |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 83,783,942 | 240 |
| South Korea | 59,308,690 | 49 |
| Canada | 37,742,154 | 4 |
| Czechia | 10,708,981 | 139 |
| Japan | 126,476,461 | 347 |
| Taiwan | 23,816,775 | 673 |
populations for 2020; population density (people/km2); data from Worldometer
Tests for Germany: South Korea: Canada: Czechia: Japan: Taiwan
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2020) – “Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus’ [Online Resource]