Cases Trending Up and Down Internationally

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In today’s stories, analyzed with automated business analysis, we are reporting more findings based upon data shared by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

Here’s what we found out recently:

On the Rise

It had appeared that Luxembourg had the spread of the Coronavirus under control, but since June 27th the country has seen an increase in the number of newly confirmed cases. The country is now 33% higher than expected, with cases trending up.

In Northern Africa, a trend started on June 21st where Libya started to see more confirmed cases of Coronavirus. Even though their numbers are low in total, the country is still seeing an 11% increase in the number of new cases than expected. The government has extended the curfew for another 10 days.

East of Libya, Israel is also trending up for the number of confirmed cases as well. The country saw a trend start on June 23rd and now is 113% higher than expected.

Beside Israel, West Bank and Gaza are also seeing an uptick in the number of newly confirmed cases. Their numbers have been in single and double digits until June 17th and recently the country has seen a 90% increase over expected figures.

On the Downtrend

Good news from Egypt, which is close by the spiking countries that we showed today. The country is trending down since July 5th and is currently 10% lower than expected. Egypt is reopening with precautionary measures.

There is also good news from Bangladesh. Now, the country is reporting 15% lower numbers since July 3rd and accounts for 1% of the new cases in the world.

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